IRA only Interrogators says Dunlop

Tim Dunlop takes a quantum leap in faith. He agrees with Bush for not hosting Gerry Adams but can’t help himself. Any positive comment about Bush must be put into perspective and balanced with a ‘torture’ comment.

Come on guys – if you get that the IRA’s summary justice is to be condemned, it shouldn’t be such a leap to figure out that torture deserves the same unreserved condemnation, should it?

Well yes, torture does deserve condemnation but Tim isn’t talking about torture, he’s talking about interrogation and will never know the difference.

Most of the right of the blogosphere is singing the president’s praises, which is more than fair enough under the circumstances. Still, it’d be nice if they applied the same moral clarity to their attitude towards the Bush administration’s licensing of torture and the introduction of extraordinary renditions and the like.

How anyone can compare garroting, kneecapping, dismemberment in front of family, blowing up innocents – woman, children, horses, Mountbatten and his granddaughter and other niceties of the IRA with Private English posing for a S&M shot or a terrorist being forced to listen to Michael Jackson music is totally beyond me. But then I could never understand why supposedly educated and intelligent people thought communism was a winner either. I figure they’re the same people.