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Entry: Political Theater Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/political_theater#8587 Post contents: Sorry Scott, I cannot work myself too much about it, as this is not so much about the US losing its moral bearing as finally losing its self-delusion about its moral superiority. After seeing the way the US reacted to the general's rule in Argentina (Kissinger going there to tell them to speed up in their getting rid of the guerrilla, and Reagan and co. impressing the need to difference between authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, and those who were tortured and murdered by authoritarians, then f***k them) I have no illusions about it. So, depressing as it is to acknowlege that at last the US is showing what is capable of, what it has always been capable of, I rejoice that people in the US have at last stopped deceiving themselves. As they say, the first step in getting rid of a problem is to acknowledge you have a problem, so I find this waterboarding controversy a very healthy development. Sent at: 2008 07 24