Reply #14: If Panaetta is that weak ...

[earthside]

... and ineffective as an administrator, then he shouldn't have taken the job.

See, this is so typical of a 'politician' mentality ... if you just want something simple, like torturers brought to justice, why that's denigrated as being "purist."

These kinds of fuzzy, apologetic rationalizations will ultimately be the thing that will lead Democrats to defeat. You've got to stand for something, somewhere, sometime.

If torture perpetrated by American officials isn't a bottom-line issue that we should all want prosecuted, then what the hell is?!!