Spanish Grandstanding

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Apparently Spain is "considering an investigation into six former Bush administration officials regarding alleged torture of inmates at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp." Nevertheless, it seems all this will do is force Deadeye Dick, et al, to cross the Iberian country off their vacation possibility list. (It's certainly not unprecedented.)

While Spain certainly has every reason to want to go after terrorists, it seems to draw the line at torturing those who might have been involved in such activities. How diplomatic of the country's leaders.

One amusing side note to the story is that former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Doug Feith really has no idea why he's being included in Spain's accusation.

[Feith] said he did not make the decision on interrogation methods and was baffled by the allegations. "I didn’t even argue for the thing I understand they’re objecting to," he said.

Of course, Mr. Feith is the Bushie who was identified by no less than former Commander of the United States Central Command, General Tommy Franks, as "the f**king stupidest guy on the face of the earth," so his assertions may be open to question.