The Secretary of Torture Speaks

Ah the limits of moral responsibility, in Rummy's world:

Via TPM Cafe:

QUESTION: And, General Pace, what guidance do you have for your military commanders over there as to what to do if -- like when General Horst found this Interior Ministry jail?

PACE: It is absolutely responsibility of every U.S. service member if they see inhumane treatment being conducted, to intervene, to stop it. . . .

RUMSFELD: I don't think you mean they have an obligation to physically stop it, it's to report it.

PACE: If they are physically present when inhumane treatment is taking place, sir, they have an obligation to try to stop it."

There you have it. A Secretary of Defense who believes that U.S. soldiers have no obligation to do anything other than file a report if they encounter torture or other inhumane treatment.

Ya know, me thinks the Secretary of Torture should read the history books about the Nuremburg trials. They has some rather different things to say about responsibility. Gen. Pace apparently understands that a bit better than the Secretary.