re: #288 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

The problem with the scenario isn’t even the dilemma it poses, but rather its sheer improbability. One shouldn’t defend a controversial policy based on extremely improbable scenarios based on action flicks.

That’s part of what I figured. A lot of the conservatives I knew at the time were like TORTURE JACK BAUER 24. And then it hit me that as you point out that they were using their rationale from a TV show. You know what really did it for me though? It was and this is really interesting given how pathetic of a panderer he’s become but McCain. Well McCain and a NYT Op-ed by a recent West Point graduate serving in Afghanistan.