bryant

I should note that my tentative approval of the current multilateral diplomatic efforts should not be taken as approval of the rumored methods by which the war might be prosecuted. Nor am I unaware of these issues. It is simply necessary that any war plans include a serious, concerted effort to minimize the impact of the war on the Iraqi people, for all kinds of reasons.

But if we condemn the possibility of torture on the part of the US -- and I do -- we must be at least as concerned with Saddam's practices. That's not just propaganda. Saddam is well documented as a torturer.