Any carve-out that would allow any agency of government to engage in torture would be legitimizing the use of torture. |
Apparently, the hard facts of war need not inconvenience the Senate at this time. And the solemn duties that war imposes on us can be postponed indefinitely. |
But I do not believe that the Bush administration decided that they would set up a scenario that gave us the rationale for going into Iraq. |
I don't know how you defeat an insurgency unless you have some handle on the number of people that you are facing. |
I hope and pray we can avert this crisis. I hope I'm wrong, but there's nothing in Saddam's record to indicate that he's going to keep any commitments. |
I think we should know what it is that caused this and how it happened. But I think we should all be aware, particularly the news media, of how volatile the situation is in some parts of the Middle East. |
I'm embarrassed to admit that after all these years in politics, I failed to interpret your previous assurances as typical rhetorical gloss routinely used in politics to make self-interested partisan posturing appear more noble. Please be assured I won't make the same mistake again. |
If such demonstrations continue, I think we will have a bill for the President to sign soon. |
The whole situation is just very, very different. |
There's no really good solution to getting out of it. It's just a question of among all the relatively poor answers, what's the one that is the best one of the group. |
We've sent a message to the world that the United States is not like the terrorists. |
You cannot remove the military option from the table, but it is a totally undesirable option and one that can only be considered after all other options are attempted. |