We tortured and it’s illegal.

(Cross posted from over at teh kos)

“But it’s enhanced interrogation…”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

“But investigations would be a witch-hunt…”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

“But prosecutions of Republicans would be bad politically…”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

“But most Americans don’t support torture investigations…”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

“But Pelosi lied…”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

“But the CIA SAYS Pelosi lied…”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

“But Democrats knew too…”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

“But the lawyers were just giving legal opinions…”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

“But the Bush administration really thought they were protecting America…”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

“But a ticking time bomb…”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

“But it would be bad for terrorists to know our tactics…”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

“But President Obama is unAme-”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

“But John McCain doesn’t think we should prosecute and he was tortured.”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

“But how bad were these techniques really?”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

“But they’re terrorists…”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

“But dunking them in the water…”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

“But prosecuting a policy decision…”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

“But Democrats and Republicans BOTH…”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

“But this might get some high ranking people currently serving in trouble in both parties.”

We tortured and it’s illegal.

It’s illegal. It’s torture. It’s not allowed. We prosecute torturers.

Simple.