"Never give in..."

Say what you will, the truth will eventually surface, and then all will see who really want to see. Rally Round the (White) Flag, Boys!Democrats finally find an Iraq policy they can get behind by Edward Morrissey in The Daily Standard has some insight, and outright truth.

" AFTER THE MURTHA COMMENTS, the GOP challenged the Democrats to go on record with a Congressional vote for retreat. Almost the entire Democratic caucus cut and ran from their embrace of the cut-and-run strategy--the House voted against the non-binding resolution for immediate withdrawal 403 to 3. The height of Democratic pusillanimity came when GOP Rep. Sam Johnson, a former Vietnam POW, asked for three extra minutes to complete his remarks. Several Democrats voiced objection. The speaker demanded that the members objecting identify themselves--and none would even stand for their own objection."

Charles Krauthammer's real assessment of "The Truth about Torture" in the Dec. 5 issue of The weekly Standard is worth reading. He gives three kinds of war PRISONERS:

First, the ordinary soldier caught on the field of battle. "There is no question that he is entitled to humane treatment."

Second, there is the captured terrorist. He is an unlawful combatant. "Breaking the laws of war and abusing civilians are what, to understate the matter vastly, terrorists do for a living. THEY ARE ENTITLED, THEREFORE, TO NOTHING.

Third, there is the terrorist with information. "Here the issue of torture gets complicated..." Case in point - A terrorist. lets say, has planted a dirty bomb somewhere in New York City. It will go off in one hour. Our terrorist knows where the bomb is; but he is not talking.
Question: "If you have the slightest belief that ( water boarding or other torture) will get you the information to save a million lives, should you be permitted to do it?"

Krauthammer maintains that there are two exceptions to the so called McCain " No Torture" law. First is the "ticking time bomb" and the second is the "slow-fuse high-value terrorist."

Other writers in Newsweek and the National Journal make the same exception.
Dr. Dean's message to the terrorists is that he has thrown in the towel and raised the white flag of surrender. To the terrorist, I say and I will" Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy." Winston Churchill.