"thunder" wrote in message

...but an
American President defending torture? I didn't think I'd ever see the
day.

Pres Bush was not defending torture, as the press so gleefully loves to
portray. What he was defending was the use of distastefully coercive
interrogation techniques. Surely someone as smart as you can see the
distinction. [If you deny seeing the distinction, I would have to ask who
operates your computer for you.] Torture has been banned by US law for some
time. What the McCain bill does is take political correctness to the
highest level yet achieved.

God knows, we wouldn't want to make our captured enemies feel uncomfortable
now, would we? No demeaning words or actions now, it just wouldn't be
right!