"For them to still be able to rationalize this abherrant behavior ..."
>" indicates to me their powers of rationalization put them into the same category as the citizenry of aggressive regimes of the past that allowed their leaders to do inhuman things in their names. "
I agree and that's why some of us stood up loud and clear when we refused to put up or shut when people were being arrested for speaking out. Arrested for even wearing anti-Bush t-shirts in malls.
Don't say we didn't come close.
We weren't allowed to have a voice, and we weren't allowed to see photos of any incoming caskets of our fallen soldiers either.
Death=out of sight, out of mind.