Above reproach

I guess I'll post on torture again, it seems other people are not as outraged about this as I am. I cannot fathom how anyone can justify torture in the 21st century. I thought Saddam was bad. America is supposed to be above reproach in all matters moral and ethical. And don't be fooled by terms like "extraordinary renditions", if you deliver someone to be tortured you are just as guilty as if you did it yourself. We used to lead the world in trying to stop torture. I guess those reports about the CIA teaching torture techniques in Latin America in the 80's are true. Can you export democracy and torture simultaneously? I don't think so. I noticed Saddams trial is still moving along slowly. He pitches a fit and walks out every day. Why not bind and gag him like they did Bobby Seal in Chicago. I would have thought Saddams defense team would call Donald Rumsfeld as a character reference. We've all seen the pictures of them smiling and shaking hands back when Reagan was president. I want to hear about the old days when Saddam was our ally. About how he got his precursors for his chemical weapons from the Reagan administration. Why are the last two Gulf Wars not compared and contrasted? It seems to me that lessons from the first one should have been applied to the current one. I thought at the time we should have marched into Baghdad during the first Gulf War. My enthusiasm for war has cooled quite a bit since I've gotten older and developed a better understanding of mankinds propensity for destruction.