{"id":901,"date":"2009-05-08T10:22:46","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T15:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=901"},"modified":"2009-05-08T10:25:16","modified_gmt":"2009-05-08T15:25:16","slug":"the-real-victims-of-the-torture-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/08\/the-real-victims-of-the-torture-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Victims of the Torture Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Instapundit Glenn Reynolds debunks the torture scandal once and for all.   In a post entitled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/pajamasmedia.com\/instapundit\/78209\/\">PELOSI LIED, THE WATERBOARDING ISSUE DIED<\/a>,&#8221; Reynolds declares that &#8220;the torture issue was mostly a political tool designed to cow right-leaning members of the punditocracy by calling them Nazis. Now that it\u2019s not needed so much, it can be allowed to die.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>I reckon being criticized for being pro-torture is a fate even worse than being head-slapped, kept awake for 11 days, waterboarded dozens of times, and left outside bare and freezing. <\/p>\n<p>Has anyone seen an excellent round-up of jaw-dropping torture apologies or torture defenses by American politicians and pundits since 2004?<br \/>\n[hat tip to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amconmag.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/08\/he-rode-the-short-bus-to-yale\/\">TAC<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instapundit Glenn Reynolds debunks the torture scandal once and for all. In a post entitled &#8220;PELOSI LIED, THE WATERBOARDING ISSUE DIED,&#8221; Reynolds declares that &#8220;the torture issue was mostly a political tool designed to cow right-leaning members of the punditocracy by calling them Nazis. 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