“DISAPPEARING” PRISONERS….You know, this is the kind of stuff we used to scare our kids with back when the Soviet Union was an evil empire. How sad is it that we’re now doing the same thing?

I think Laura Rozen has the right idea about this. And no, this is not the way to convince moderate Muslims that we’re a shining beacon of tolerance and democracy.

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