The irony of the pro-torture argument

From New York Magazine's Who Defends 'Torture'? page:

"Al Qaeda kidnaps Americans, tortures them, then decapitates them on TV. We deprive captives of sleep, push them into walls and put harmless caterpillars that we say are poisonous in their cells. Then we're the ones who are condemned as the worst human-rights violators on the planet." - New York Post editorial

That the authors of the editorial can invite comparison between terrorists and the United States without any shock value on the reader's part illustrates better than anything, I think, why so many around the world see America the way that they do. I hardly ought to have to mention how tragic of an irony that is, but then again, there's too many people who seemed not to have figured it out for themselves.

And I don't mean to channel Shep Smith here--Lord knows there's only one Shep Smith--but the Shining City on a hill does not get compared to terrorists. It just fucking doesn't. Each of the commentators on that list would do well to think about that.