Evidently common sense and self preservation is not Jacoby’s strong point on this issue.
His original opinion is ludicrous following 9/11 and the fact that the terrorists departed from Boston. What would have thought if Boston had been their destination instead of their departure point.
Nice that he’s had a change of heart. Self righteousness is empty.
All I can say is drop a terrorist with knowledge of a planned imminent attack in the hands of any of these sanctimonious twits and see what they do. See how they like making the hard choices of not getting their hands dirty and letting thousands of innocent people die as a result verses doing what is necessary. These people are evil in the extreme and deserve little legal protections.
My contempt for those who scream they want to prosecute everyone that kept us safe over the last 7 years is extreme. I will not tolerate one fact to face. It is an outrage.
It seems to me that the worst examples of torture in this whole episode are exemplified by the continued torture of the English language by the left-wing terrorist sympathizers in the media. For example, how many times has the word “torture” been associated with the Abu Ghraib scandal — which while an abuse of the prisoners there — was really comparable to the fraternity hazing rituals that the plebes on many college campuses endure and could not really be labeled as “torture” by anyone with a modicum of linguistic integrity in his being. As for the interrogations at Gitmo, the “enhanced” techniques used on the likes of KSM were harsh and discomforting, but still do not rise to the traditionally held meaning of the word “torture”.