-By Warner Todd Huston
She nailed him to the floor. Whoever this kid was he was filled with generalities and naivete.
Some highlights:
“You don’t have the luxury in foreign policy of saying ‘alright I won’t deal with that country because I don’t like its human rights record.'”
“Foreign policy is full of tough choices, very tough choices. The world is not a bunch of easy choices in which you get to make ones that always feel good.”
“(We did) nothing that violates our obligations against torture. By definition, if it was authorized by the president it did not violate our obligations against torture.” (as defined by the Justice Department)
(H/T Bob Parks of BlackAndRight.com)