"The United States doesn't f***** torture!"

There was time when I too believed in a type of American Exceptionalism. I, perhaps naively, thought that the USA was leading the world to a better future by pressing for expanded human rights and  improving on our own constitutional ideals, among other things. But then the last eight years happened. The most egregious example of this loss of leadership is the question of torture. Stunningly, a Fox News anchor said it as clearly as it can be said. The United States just doesn't do it. Or shouldn't. It's such a simple argument. You can't complain about others if you do it yourself. Maybe Shepherd Smith's outcry will become the rallying cry that reminds us what we stand for.