Why do we have to be close to the edge of morality on our war and torture choices, and...

end up on the wrong side.

The administration has repeated that we don't torture. Pretty big clue we do. Ya think?

Wait. CIA says "We don't do torture." Porter Goss didn't have to come out of the shadows to confirm that, did he?

Of course, there's the so-called counter-intuitive answer: CIA doesn't want to do torture, but Cheney insists. Don't do us any favors, says CIA.

I'm in agreement. My contrarian view is that Cheney doesn't give a damn about the CIA at all. He wants to punish the CIA for not helping him stonewall on the deceptions leading up to the Iraq War. Plus, he gets to work towards perserving the right to torture for present and future executive branches while shifting the blame to the CIA, as punishment for the aforementioned slights. Cheneyesque, wooden ya say?

Oh, and while we're at it, why don't we quibble about whether or not white phosphorus is a chemical weapon. If it's used on personnel, and it's a chemical, and it maims or kills them, it's a chemical weapon.

Okay?

I love the smell of obfuscation in the morning.