So, it's time for some more harping on the Torture front. Turns out we could've saved a lot of time, trouble, and face if we'd just had the balls to really take it to these scumbags and ... give them cookies:

Former interrogator/member of the FBI Ali Soufan, who testified to Congress last month, tells TIME: "He was a diabetic ... We had showed him respect, and we had done this nice thing for him .... So he started talking to us instead of giving us lectures."

Best comment in the thread (of many, so far):

Terrorist: "DEATH TO THE INFIDEL! I'LL NEVER TALK!"
Interrogator: "Cookie?"
Terrorist: "DEATH TO... what? Er, um, thanks. Where was I?"

It's laughable because it's so obvious: Undermine a terrorist's reason for hating you and they'll talk. America got through the Civil War, two World Wars (quite swimmingly, considering), Korea, the Cold War, Vietnam, and a hundred smaller conflicts without shaming ourselves, but OH NO! There's a bunch of dirty crazy people with jacknives and crowbars!

Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney: For people who are so damned concerned with how History views you, you chose a path practically gauranteed to put you in the same company as America's Worst Enemies. Because you'll probably not go to jail, I will have to celebrate the fact that you can't damage my country anymore when you die. Unless Cheney really is Darth Vader and made of more machine than man after all those heart attacks. In that case, I fully expect him to go on a Terminator-style rampage any moment now.