If you are looking for a sledgehammer to crush Cheney's conceit that "torture worked," here's the story and the memo that sucks the air out of any apologist's arguments for torture. Forever and always.
You can argue whether or not the Cheney Clan are a bunch of lying, cowardly, hypocrites who betray their nation when it's convenient.
You can argue whether or not the Bush Clan are a bunch of lying, cowardly, conniving weasels who betray their nation when it's profitable.
You can debate whether enablers like Richard Cohen and Peggy Noonan substitute sophistry for sound judgment and pretend it's journalism.
But there are three things you can't do:
1) You can't ignore facts just because they are inconvenient.
2) You can't deny that USMC Major Sherwood F. Moran was a hero in WWII.
3) You can't continue to leave him out of any debate on torture.
Donald Rumsfeld may like to think he creates his own reality, but as a younger, and wiser, Donald Rumsfeld once declared:
Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.I couldn't have said it better, myself ...
