{"id":1155,"date":"2005-07-21T21:42:15","date_gmt":"2005-07-22T01:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theanchoressonline.com\/2005\/07\/21\/dems-and-lord-de-lisle-and-dudley\/"},"modified":"2015-03-13T20:46:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T20:46:19","slug":"dems-and-lord-de-lisle-and-dudley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2005\/07\/21\/dems-and-lord-de-lisle-and-dudley\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems and Lord de l’Isle and Dudley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

You know, I hate to sound curmudgeonly<\/strong>, I really do, but didn\u2019t we just see a report, not two weeks ago, pretty much clearing the air re the \u201cGitmo abuses?\u201d Didn\u2019t some Democrat lawmakers go over there, themselves, and come back saying,\u201dhey\u2026things looked pretty dang good, after all?\u201d<\/p>\n

And yet, here are the Dems calling for an independent panel<\/a> \u201cto review the treatment of foreign inmates at Guantanamo Bay and other US-run overseas detention facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are calling for an \u2018Independent Commission on the Treatment of Detainees,\u2019 because the Defense Department has shown that it is not capable of investigating itself,\u201d said Democratic Senator Carl Levin, who authored the bill, along Democrats Ted Kennedy, John Rockefeller and Jack Reed.<\/em><\/p>\n

Look, I am all for making sure that America and her representatives do the right thing as concerns her enemy combatants. It is, quite frankly, a patriot\u2019s concern.<\/em> On that, I agree with Lord de l\u2019Isle and Dudley.<\/p>\n

Who was Lord de l\u2019Isle and Dudley?<\/strong> I don\u2019t know. Even the brilliant Leo Rosten did not know much about him, but he knew this<\/em>, which I copy from his superlative and sadly out-of-print book, People I Have Loved, Known or Admired:<\/em><\/p>\n


\nIn England, after the war, (Lord de l\u2019Isle and Dudley) organized a legal defense fund for German Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, who was being tried as a war criminal. (\u2026)<\/em><\/p>\n

When reporters asked Lord de l\u2019Isle and Dudley to explain why he had launched his puzzling philanthropy, he replied, \u201cHad I met General von Manstein during the war, I would have shot him on sight\u2026I am not concerned with whether von Manstein is guilty or not,\u201d milord continued. \u201cI simply want sufficient money to insure that he will be properly represented in his trial, by a British barrister\u2026I want Britain\u2019s reputation upheld.\u201d<\/p>\n

He wanted England never to have anything to be ashamed of.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But notice, Lord de l\u2019Isle and Dudley<\/strong> understood that war is different from peacetime. In a time of peace, one has the luxury \u2013 and the duty \u2013 to take extraordinary care, be extraordinarily mindful.<\/p>\n

In war, one has the duty to properly identify the enemy and work for the victory of one\u2019s nation, even if it means playing loud music, reading Harry Potter<\/em>, putting a bra on an enemy\u2019s head or \u2013 dare I say it \u2013 not wearing white gloves to handle a book.<\/p>\n

This is a time of war<\/em>; information must be gathered. It won\u2019t be gotten with tea parties and footrubs.<\/p>\n

These Democrats, the sad remains of the once-great party of<\/strong> Truman, Kennedy, Humphrey and Jackson, are on the right train, but the wrong track. In a time of war, to investigate and vilify your troops \u2014 on the word of your enemies<\/em>, and particularly when the investigation seems to be a quest to \u201cknow what we want, when we find it,\u201d \u2014 is a misplaced compassion with a dubious interest at its core.<\/p>\n

Lord de l\u2019Isle and Dudley did what he did to spare his country embarrassment. While I would like to believe that these men are similarly motivated, nothing in their behavior of the last 4.5 years argues the case. Too often the rhetoric they spew appears designed to inflame and energize those whom we fight. Too often the memos they write appear to be about defeating a president, instead of defeating our enemies.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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