EN LA RUEDA DE PRENSA DE AYER, con ocasión de sus primeros cien días como presidente, Obama habló sobre la tortura, poniendo como ejemplo a Churchill que, dijo, no permitió el maltrato ni siquiera cuando la supervivencia de su país estaba en juego:

I was struck by an article that I was reading the other day, talking about the fact that the British during World War II, when London was being bombed to smithereens, had 200 or so detainees. And Churchill said, we don't torture -- when the entire British -- all of the British people were being subjected to unimaginable risk and threat.  And the reason was that Churchill understood you start taking shortcuts, and over time that corrodes what's best in a people.  It corrodes the character of a country.

Le falló un "pequeño" detalle: la tortura padecida por su propio abuelo en Kenia durante el mandato británico.

Este hombre se está zapatereando por momentos.

(via Sweetness & Light)