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In what other country can you freely ask "Just how much torture is torture?" I mean, In Kazhakstan, if you asked "Hey, can I take this guy and pretend to drown him?", they would probably take you out back and stab you to death. Likewise, in Syria, if you said "Hey, is it OK if I I slowly remove this guy's fingers with a blue-rubber-handled, stainless steel Channel-Lock nibbler?" I expect that the secret police would take you out back and put one in the base of your neck.


OK, yes, US is slightly better than Kazhakstan or Syria. Great.

Let me give you a couple of reference points from some other countries:

Quite recently, two ministers of the Dutch government had to resign because a report showed they had not been dilligent enough to protect the people in a detention center that died in an accidental fire. Last week a minister of the new Swedish government had to step down because it became public that she had not paid her TV license for 10 years. Some countries actually require their leaders to be honest and follow the rules. I know, absurd idea...