After returning from a brief respite last week, Andrew Sullivan has been on a tear regarding torture, the Bush Administration, and prosecuting the latter for the former — penning (by my count) 12 posts on the subject since yesterday morning, a number that may have increased by the time you read these words.
Sullivan builds a compelling case, especially when you consider VP Cheney’s unabashed confessions to ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl.
If the same acts had been condoned and conducted by a non-American group of authorities, I suspect there would be a more significant hue and cry, a relentless push for justice. But not here. Not now. Not this time. In fact, I’ll predict — on credentials no more impressive than several decades of cynicism — that our collective discomfort with what happened, combined with our overwhelming national desire to “move on,” will result in a punishment for the perpetrators that is no more severe than history’s harsh consensus.
I’m not accepting that scenario as “good enough.” I’m merely guessing it will be the final verdict rendered. React as you will.