Quote of the Day:I was struck by an article that I was reading the other day talking about the fact that the British during World War II, when London was being bombed to smithereens, had 200 or so detainees. And Churchill said, "We don't torture," when the entire British — all of the British people were being subjected to unimaginable risk and threat.-President Obama, to ABC's Jake Tapper during last night's press conference.
And then the reason was that Churchill understood — you start taking shortcuts, over time, that corrodes what's — what's best in a people. It corrodes the character of a country.
This, in my opinion, was probably the most important statement of the entire press conference.
The President is right, of course. And the only way to restore our character is to prosecute those in the previous administration who sanctioned torture. Yet, that is not a step Mr. Obama - a Constitutional lawyer - is willing to take.
It boggles the mind.
