I've seen a few diaries in the last day or two bemoaning Barack Obama's decision that, "Those who carried out their duties relying in good faith upon legal advice from the Department of Justice... will not be subject to prosecution."
Torturers are war criminals, I hear. These people committed terrible acts and should be held accountable, I hear. The only way to ensure this doesn't happen again is to punish those responsible, I hear.
I suppose it should be no surprise that Daily Kos is a haven for idealists - people like my uncle, a Vietnam veteran in Minnesota who regularly votes for Dennis Kucinich in presidential primaries. People that say that we need to vote our consciences, that we cannot compromise our ideals for simple expediency. I used to feel like that, too, once. And then I grew up.