Andrew Sullivan Is A Drama Queen

But he's right nonetheless on the torture question.

Using torture against AQ is stupid, immoral, and useless. He's right - we didn't torture in a scenario anywhere close to the ticking time bomb. It was a dumb play rooted in - you guessed it - intelligence failures...thinking certain detainees know more than they do. What a bunch of fools. Not to mention it appears the adoption of torture-as-a-policy was never debated thoroughly. It just sorta slipped in there and it seems like no one made a strong strategic argument against it (within the circles of power - I understand we aren't exactly going to have a national debate over it).

But selling our souls? Calm down, Andrew, this is the real world.