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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay the Obscure: [QB] No, his argument boils down to "terrorists did bad horrible things, so it's ok if we do some bad things too because, well, we're the good guys." Even though it was written about the [i]Wall Street Journal's[/i] James Taranto, the following works well here. [QUOTE]Does Taranto really believe that we should hold American soldiers to the same moral standards as terrorists -- that this is the best we can do? That we can win the war on terror without showing and proving to those who are suspicious of our power that we are a force for good in the world? That so long as no one apologizes for the hideous murder of Nick Berg, Americans need not feel remorse for the torture or ill-treament of Iraqis who, if U.S. officers who spoke to the Red Cross are to be believed, probably should not have been in Abu Ghraib in the first place? Isn't this what conservatives used to call "defining deviancy down?" Nick Confessore, [URL=http://www.prospect.org/weblog/archives/2004/05/index.html#002976]The American Prospect Online - TAPPED[/URL][/QUOTE]And from the same TAPPED post... I'm no fan of Lindsey Graham, but he [URL=http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0405/11/se.01.html]said[/URL] at least one thing right about this situation. "When you are the good guys, you've got to act like the good guys." [/QB][/QUOTE]
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