You know, the Administration has been telling us since forever that we have to fight rough because the enemy fights rough, and sentimental attachment to the pieties of due process is a delusion of the fastidious. Extraordinary rendition? Not a big deal. Concentration camps? Oh, don’t call them that. Torture? Well…
I wonder, can we now expect an Administration mouthpiece to tell us that in order to fight terror in
Afterthought: Just occurred to me that this is one more way in which Joseph Conrad was way ahead of his time.
Update: Uh oh.
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