And The Enemy Here Is Who Again?

[ Via Brad DeLong ], here comes an interesting thought experiment from Jeanne at Body And Soul.

Can you tell, without peeking at the linked articles, which group of torturers is on our side?

The key phrase, of course, is "on our side," as you might expect. The articles aren't talking about American troops doing the torturing. Remembers, our valiant boys and girls aren't really cut out for that kind of work, so when we have a job for the professionals— we hire out to the best.