andrew sullivan on torture
We are in a propaganda war as well as a military one. In fact, the war of ideas may well be more important in this war than in previous ones, since our only long-term hope of prevailing is talking the majority of Muslims out of the Islamist camp. The damage that legalizing torture has done to this effort and therefore to the war against Islamist terror is incalculable …
Andrew Sullivan explaining his opposition to the Military Commissions Act and to any official sanction of torture in any form. Read the rest of his response to Andy McCarthy.