Political Bloviation

Committing war crimes for the “right reasons” - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com.
Glenn Greenwald weighs in on Ross Douthat’s post at the The Atlantic. Douthat believes that while Bush et al.  may have violated international laws, treaties and domestic laws against the torture of prisoners, but it was justified, and still is, by a real fear [...]

EzraKlein Archive | The American Prospect.
Ezra defends Andrew Sullivan by way of an actual real world example of interrogation techniques that work, as opposed to the Reuel Marc Gerecht fantasy created whole cloth from episodes of 24. Important points to note:

Torture and abuse at Gitmo and Abu Ghraib was a prime motivating factor in recruiting [...]

Re-Thinking The Terror War - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
File this one under “no shit?”
The great unanswered question of the last six and a half years is: why haven’t we been attacked again? There are logically two - not necessarily exclusive - possibilities: our defense has been getting much better; their offense was [...]

So Sully thinks that not having an extended vacation since August is sufficient reason to believe he needs a week off in February? Typical European socialistic slacker behavior. Quality time with loved one our wandering about “finding your center” doesn’t add a penny to GDP and sounds suspect in a New Agey sort of way. [...]

How did she do it? | By Andrew Sullivan
Wow that must of hurt. I hope he didn’t get an aneurysm typing that post. Poor Sully…

One of the better takes on the candidate’s effort to find common cause with Greater Wingnuttia:
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
It is eloquent in many parts, stirring in its defense of religious liberty, with only a couple of notes off-key:
Americans tire of those who would jettison their beliefs, even to gain the world.
Ahem. But [...]

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
I’d vote for Clinton against anyone in the GOP field, but she’d definitely not my first choice. I’d rather see Edwards win the primary and Obama is my second choice. Obama’s greatest weakness IMHO is his stance on health care reform. I don’t think he clearly gets what needs [...]