Am I a Torturer?
Ben Allbright watches The Daily Show, worships Dave Eggers--and still wound up "softening up" prisoners in Iraq.
What I found instead were young men hiding their regrets from neighbors who wanted to celebrate them as war heroes. They seemed relieved to talk with me about things no one else wanted to hear--not just about the acts themselves, but also about the guilt, pain, and anger they felt along with pride and righteousness about their service. They struggled with these things, wanted to make sense of them--even as the nation seemed determined to dismiss the whole ... Full Story »
Posted by Beth Wellington
