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Remember when the Left snarked at Bush for the orchestration of various photo opps with the U.S. military? 

Apparently Obama’s PR people have decided to adopt the practice.  Including pre-screening and special-stamping military personnel based on who they voted for in November.

Here’s a great piece on it (on Hot Air).

Last week Conor Friedersdorf wanted specifics about acceptable methods of interrogation and torture from Bill O’Reilly (who had made some vague statements about it).  The comments that followed were interesting; a few of them were mine.  If you’re interested in the subject, it’s worth seeing what was said on both sides.

Samual Goldman, in another C11 post, also brought it up - and comments again ensued.

In general, I believe there are circumstances under which both war and “enhanced” interrogations are necessary - and that both can be conducted ethically.  And three waterboardings out of thousands of individuals captured in the war on terror does not send me reeling.

As for those who suggest it would be better to suffer American citizens to die than to pour a bucket of water down someones’s throat so they’ll cough up an answer?

Imagine one of the dead will be your child, your parent, your brother, or your friend - and then ask yourself whether you really mean it.

See photos in the Weird Weapons post.  What is that…?

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