Strife in the White House

This just in! There is division in the White House over how to set detainee policy. Turns out there are some crazy people in the State and Defense department that want language, "from the Geneva Conventions prohibiting 'cruel,' 'humiliating' and 'degrading' treatment" inserted into the policy. The hilarious thing is the justification for inserting such wording into the policy:

Advocates of that approach...contend that moving the military's detention policies closer to international law would prevent further abuses and build support overseas for the fight against Islamic extremists, officials said.

This is absolutely ridiculous. How long has it been since Abu Ghraib? How long has it been since the start of the War on Terror? Why has it taken so long for any sort of strife over this policy to develop? How stupid are these people that they are just realizing that possibly the international community would like it if we did not overtly act like an out of control global hegemony.

Gar.

-Mr. Alec