Shorter Rationale for Length of CIA Torture Report Review: "We're Hoping You'll Forget About It."

Oh, they say that they need months and months to review the Senate report on the CIA's torturing people. They say that every Federal Agency, except maybe the National Parks Service, needs to sign off on it.

But we all know what is really going on here: The CIA is hoping that everybody will forget about it. They're hoping that the pro-torture party will win control of the Senate and scuttle the report. So if those skeevy fuckers can drag it out into next year, they think they'll be able to hide everything.

Here's the thing: They won't.

• We all know what the CIA tortured people. 
• We all know that the Bush Administration wholeheartedly authorized the use of torture. 
• We all know that the Bush Administration found lawyers who said that torture was just peachy.
• We all know that there were doctors and psychologists who directly supervised, if not participated in torturing people.

We know all of this. What matters is whether or not we, as a nation, are going to admit to our own crimes against humanity and hold the perpetrators accountable.

I'm betting on "No". Because the Senate and this Administration are just loaded with "good little Americans", who are more than willing to walk past the torture chambers whilst whistling a happy tune.

All of my life, I've had contempt for the German citizens who pretended that the horrors of the Nazi regime were things that they didn't see at the time. But it's pretty hard for me to keep that attitude when the same attitude is so prevalent, now, and in this country.

And for those who are going to complain of Godwin's Law, I offer this old joke:

An old man is seated next to a young, attractive woman at a dinner party. The man says. "As you know, I'm very wealthy, and I was wondering if you would sleep with me for a million dollars."

"Well," says the woman, "I suppose I would."

The old man smiles. "Would you sleep with me for ten dollars?"

The woman is aghast. "Of course not! What kind of woman do you think I am?"

"We've established that," the man says. "Now we're bargaining over the price."