I got an especially good laugh today listening to dipstick Rush Limbaugh. Why do I refer to him as a dipstick? Well, first because it is more PC than another word I could use, and second, because of the definition I use for dipstick. Not slang for fool, but something used to measure. I feel that Rush tries to use his bully pulpit to measure the stupidity in the air.
And why was I laughing? Because he is always worth laughing at. He was talking about a comment that Leon Panetta made on MSNBC in an interview with Brian Williams, one that Rush said stated that water boarding was used. Don't misunderstand me, I believe the greater good was served this past weekend, and I am extremely grateful for and proud of our armed forces. Rush decided to say that the comment from Mr. Panetta was proof positive that we used torture to attain the answers. I didn't hear that in the statement.....
WILLIAMS: So finer point, one final time, enhanced interrogation techniques -- which has always been kind of a handy euphemism in these post-9/11 years -- that --
PANETTA: Right.
WILLIAMS: -- includes water boarding?
PANETTA: That's correct.
This is the soundbite Limbaugh played today, stating that this is proof positive that water boarding led to the info obtained. What I read is that water boarding is one of the techniques used in the ubiquitous "enhanced interrogation techniques", not that it was in fact used.
Do I care? As I stated at the beginning, I believe the greater good was served. But has Rush once again shown how he will obfuscate the issues and lose touch? You be the judge.
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