Lieberman, in hindsight, has no moral compass.

That well known weasel Joe Lieberman has discovered - in hindsight - that torture has been taking place in the US and has decided - in hindsight - that it's probably a bad thing.

"Hindsight is always the clearest kind of sight, but nonetheless it's important to look back..." So says Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), determined to weaselly apologize for torture and ignore the facts. Both Baumgartner and Ogrisseg are clearly saying that they dissented at the time.

"Intelligence gathered from detainees is critical for our safety." ... but obviously we're a nation of laws," Lieberman said. This is precisely the sort of equivocation-out-loud that gets people to kill the meddlesome priest. He's fixated on the idea of "hindsight," which he repeats again and again. "Some people... acted in ways, I assume were well motivated, that, in hindsight, were wrong."

Even when they were torturing people, Joe is willing to attribute to them only the highest of motives. I mean it's so easy to get confused over what's the right thing to do and what's the wrong thing to do. Especially at the time. I mean who could think it offensive to say "if they die, you're doing it wrong" when talking about interrogating prisoners?

Not Joe:

On Fredman's "if they die you're doing it wrong" comment: "In hindsight, unacceptable."

Joe only realises that talking so casually about torturing someone to death is unacceptable "in hindsight". He's saying he didn't realise it at the time.

One doesn't need "hindsight" to realise that this comment is abhorrent, one merely needs a moral compass, and quite clearly Joe Lieberman doesn't possess one.

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Tags: Joe Lieberman, torture, hindsight, Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib