April
28th 2009
Posted under Political Philosophy & Terrorism
In “Is Torture Ever Moral?” Buchanan defends torture:
Even many opponents against torture will concede we have the same right to execute Khalid Mohammed as we did Timothy McVeigh. But if we have a right to kill him, do we have no moral right to waterboard him for 20 minutes to force him to reveal plans and al-Qaida accomplices to save thousands of American lives?
Leave it to Buchanan to put principle ahead of popularity to defend something like this. I personally disagree with his conclusion, but I admire his willingness to take a stand. Buchanan previously defended torture in 2003, and he’s remained consistent.
The debate’s currently raging in the comments section of Buchanan’s site.
Dylan Hales on 28 Apr 2009 at 11:36 pm #
His point is a relevant one.
Of course I oppose the death penalty and torture
Marty on 29 Apr 2009 at 11:06 am #
A true paleo-conservative and a true patriot.
We need more conservatives like him. Less, hate America first and more patriots.
Very few writing with the balance he does, in the conservative movement.