let's render this war NON-OPERATIONAL

i read bushwhacked's approval ratings have improved a bit. how the HELL can that be true? did someone finally find some wmd while i was sleeping (and that is ONLY three hours a night mind you)? did someone prove he didn't lie? did someone actually see his little friend that gives him direction (that would be JESUS by the way - and no i'm NOT putting down religion, just that JESUS has chosen bushwhacked to talk to of all people). oh i (almost) give up (but i never will)

Reduced to double talk in defending torture policyBy HELEN THOMAS
How long will the American people tolerate the shaming of their nation by the inhumane treatment of prisoners of war and the spiriting of detainees to secret prisons outside the United States?

Is it any wonder that other countries believe that America has lost its moral purpose by surrendering our well-earned reputation for human rights?
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is facing the music on her quick trip to Germany, Russia, Romania, Ukraine and NATO headquarters in Brussels.
She had hoped to mend relations that have been strained by the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Instead, to her exasperation, she has been hounded with questions about whether the United States has maintained secret prisons in two European nations — as reported by the Washington Post. She has steadfastly refused to answer yes or no, thus providing inadvertent confirmation of the report.
In a departure statement before she left, Rice tried to define the perimeter of acceptable questions. "We cannot discuss information that would compromise the success of intelligence, law enforcement and military operations," she declared.
She stressed that other nations are cooperating and the United States would not transgress their sovereignty without permission.
At the same time, she confirmed that the United States has used "renditions" — the secret transport of terrorist suspects from the country where they were captured "to their home country or to other countries where they can be questioned, held or brought to justice."
Rendition is a "vital tool" in combating international terrorism, she said.
The whole process raises the question of why U.S. officials believe that interrogators in another country would be more successful than American questioners in obtaining information from the person being "rendited." And that raises the possibility that the other questioners could use torture to get answers.
Not so, says Rice, speaking very carefully...........