Neocon: We have to invade Iraq because Saddam Hussein is torturing people, and my hightened sense of morality won't tolerate that.

Liberal: But won't that make other countries angry at us?

Neocon: Well, we'll torture people in order to keep us safe from those countries.

Liberal: I thought your hightened sense of morality couldn't abide by torture?

Neocon: What are you, a pussy?

Indeed, for purposes of civil liability, the torturer has become like the pirate and slave trader before him hostis humani generis, an enemy of all mankind.

—United States 2nd Circuit Court, Filártiga v. Peña-Irala, 630 F.2d 876
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