Mark Goldblatt, writing in today’s New York Post about fairness when it comes to how terrorists are treated while in U.S. custody, earned ‘quote of the day’ honors:
The debate over waterboarding has been framed as a question of whether America will live up to its highest ideals: Will we stoop to the level of our enemies or treat captured enemy combatants humanely? But this is a false choice.
In the first place, waterboarding KSM to obtain actionable intelligence isn’t stooping to his level. Drawing and quartering him as a warning to his fellow jihadis would be stooping to his level…