AS writes:
It's perhaps worth reminding some readers that my first response to reports of abuse and torture at Gitmo was to accuse the accusers of exaggeration or deliberate deception. I simply didn't believe America would do those things.
First, I passed "betrayal" a long time ago with Bush & Co. All that is left is exhaustion. I don't believe there is much he won't do, even if it is not Nixonian at all. I half believe that he vetoed the S-CHIP bill to spite the GOP who didn't back him on the Immigration Bill he wanted from them so dearly, just to give you a sample of how much he's willing to play politics, even with his own ...
Second, America's strength, if it has one, is in its ability to right itself, perhaps, and less in its ability to not fall prey to weak leaders.
