We gotta get the phrase “…to American Citizens…” and “…on American soil…” out of our discourse. When the subject of torture and some of the more extreme actions authorized to the President in these post 9-11 documents come up, one or both of those phrases gets tacked on to it. If it’s not okay here it’s not okay there. If it’s not okay to do to us it’s not okay to do to them.

As an example of what I am talking about, I was a bit taken aback when the subject of “crushing testicles” came up as one of these torture methods. No one seemed shocked at this. That people are discussing such an act at all should set off alarms in the minds of the nation. It doesn’t matter whether you’re talking about doing this to boys, men or animals. Anyone capable of performing such an act is two steps outside the door of cannibalism. It’s like Dahmer is alive and a policy-maker.