[happyscrappy]

Don't take what a clown like Cheney says as gospel. Many Republicans and most Democrats take these things seriously and do not want to stoop to the level of the Taliban.

[crazypyro]

The whole idea of "America doesn't torture because we are the good guys" is a relic of the cold war.

[anigbrowl]

No it isn't. We prosecuted US officers for doing the exact same thing in the Phillippine-American war, albeit not very energetically.