Asymptosis

In my earlier post I didn’t give Jim Manzi sufficient credit.

He argues that a systematic government policy of torture (as distinguished from the torturous acts that Americans have engaged in over the centuries) is 1. a radical break with American tradition, and 2. because of 1, is quite possibly (I would say definitely) damaging to American strategic interests.

Here’s the money quote, which I endorse wholeheartedly:

I am looking to tradition, settled practice and the wisdom of our forebears for guidance in a difficult situation. Among other things, this strikes me as the obviously conservative approach.

Related posts:

1. Great Minds Think Alike: Obama on “Conservatives”
2. The Strategic Value of Torture
3. Conservative “Intellectual” “Ascendancy”
4. Teddy Roosevelt on “the true conservative”
5. When to Use Fiscal Stimulus

Asymptosis Foreign policy, Rhetoric, constitution, iraq