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Why Conservatives Resist Torture

By The Daily Dish
Apr 23 2009, 12:39 PM ET

A helpfully concise summary in a helpfully modest post from Manzi:

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.

Personally, I prefer Roosevelt and Churchill to Yoo and Bybee.



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