We noted earlier today that unrepentant torture enthusiast former (Vice) President Dick "The Dick" Cheney went on the offensive (and was offensive) on the Sunday poo-flings, monstrously defending the torture program during the Dick and Dumbya administration, while twisting facts, lying, and engaging in clownish demagoguery over 9/11 -- which, remember, happened on his watch. If you want a great read on the performance, check out Amy Davidson's piece in The New Yorker. It doesn't spare The Dick, the CIA (past and present), and even President Obama. She looks at the implications of the "legacy of torture" and writes:
"….the President, when it comes to torture, has preferred avoidance to accountability. Obama looks back in sorrow, and seems to think that everyone else does, too. But if this past week has proved anything, it’s that the legacy of torture is not quiet repentance but impunity. This President has told his agents not to torture, and [current CIA Director] Brennan says he can work with that, while the C.I.A. waits for instructions from the next one." (emphasis added)There's little doubt in our minds that a President Cruz, President Christie or other Rethugs would gleefully revert to torture in "defending" the homeland, regardless that it's discredited as a means of obtaining information. As for everyone else, who knows at this point without a reckoning for what's already happened?
BONUS: Michael Tomasky has much the same view, and holds the mirror up to us all.
BONUS II: As usual, Michael Borowitz manages to find humor in even the most sordid circumstances: Cheney To Lead Torture-Pride March.
