The NY Times has a lengthy story about the treatment Jose Padilla while in captivity as an enemy combatant: Now lawyers for Mr. Padilla, 36, suggest that he is unfit to stand trial. They argue that he has been so damaged by his interrogations and prolonged isolation that he suffers post-traumatic stress disorder and is …
Archives for December 2006
Even More Retarded Than Usual
Never satisfied to fail by half measures, this latest news makes me wonder whether the Bush administration is the result of some gentlemans’ bet to drive America as deeply into the ground as possible. Call it Hudsucker Proxy II: Potomac Boogaloo. The Bush administration is deliberating whether to abandon U.S. reconciliation efforts with Sunni insurgents …
Open Thread
Busy. Should be back Monday.