Orwell would be aghast

I'm sure if the Nazis had won world war 2 they would have called the killing of millions of Jews something like "premature deceasement".  Perhaps something more refined, but it has the same ring as "enhanced interrogation techniques" when used to describe torture.   As one minion of the Bush Administration once put it "we define reality".   This merry band of despicable human beings has permanently tarnished the United States' reputation as the exceptional nation we earned during the second world war.  In the chaotic weeks after the World Trade center bombing, the administration flailed for information about further attacks and in their panic abandoned any pretense of morality and told the CIA to do whatever was necessary to secure information.  Despite the fact the agency had determined 40 years before that torture did not produce reliable intelligence, those in charge must have panicked when faced with Cheney and his henchmen.   The result was laid out yesterday by the Senate Intelligence committee.   The spectacle of Bush, Cheney and their surrogates excusing this travesty of humanity is particularly revolting.  I would gladly contribute to buy plane tickets for the whole group to The Hague.