Quote of the Day

"Well, I'm a Democrat, and I'll say it: anyone we capture on a battlefield should be subject to the minimum standards of decency outlined in the Geneva Conventions. That includes terrorists. It's our way of telling the world that we aren't barbarians; that we believe in minimal standards of human decency even if our enemies don't. It's also a necessary — though not sufficient — requirement for winning this war."

Kevin Drum, responding to Jonah Goldberg's claim that "smart" Democrats would not want terrorists to "fall under the Geneva Convention."