Don Rumsfeld visited our neck of the woods the other day and left this bit of wisdom behind:

"Any moral or intellectual confusion about who and what is right or wrong can weaken the ability of free societies to persevere."

As Ana Marie Cox notes:

In other words, if you have to ask whether we should torture terrorists, the terrorists have already won.

It' amazing how far we have fallen down the moral ladder. Might makes right, don't question your leaders or else you are the enemy. Rumsfeld would have been a perfect fit as the Defense Minsiter under Joe Stalin.