Genius argument from Marc Thiessen:
A reader points out that Andrew Sullivan and Joe Carter are applying pacifist principles in opposing enhanced interrogation, but that does not make them pacifists per se (in the sense that they oppose all violence under any circumstances). It’s a fair point — in the same sense that Sullivan’s invocation of the Catholic Catechism to support his arguments does not make him a “Catholic” per se. It would be more precise to say that when it comes to enhanced interrogation, they arguing from a position of radical pacifism. They indisputably are.
Just like when I eat a veggie burger, I'm employing vegetarian principles. Anyone not in favor of using coercive violence as a solution to any and all problems is arguing "from a position of radical pacifism."
You'd think that having a "radical pacifist" at the head of CENTCOM would be a pressing issue for Thiessen, but apparently not.
-- A. Serwer
