"I cannot explain it."

Why do our infallible generals have a credibility gap with the public? A disgraceful example named Gen. Thomas Hartmann illustrates why in his testimony defending the military's conduct in the Guantánamo station of the Bush Gulag ("Bush Gulag" is Al Gore's term). TPM Veracifier has the video:



I'm glad to see Sen. Dick Durbin continuing to pursue his own concern about the torture policy. But he also provided a sad and dramatic example of why the Democrats haven't been as effective as they should have been as the opposition party back in June of 2005 when he foolishly and unnecessarily backed down from criticizing torture in the face of ridiculous attacks that he should have simply brushed off. See my posts, Dick Durbin's apology 06/22/05 and It's public self-criticism for heretics now 06/23/05.

Tags: bush gulag, dick durbin, guantánamo, thomas hartmann, torture

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