Andy McCarthy's razor-sharp logic

Andy McCarthy is the pizza cutter of NRO and the erroneous circular reasoning of the liberals is the victim of his slicing. Today he cuts the Left a new one on its fatuous and legally erroneous opposition to the nomination of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General. Here's the key nugget of his defense of the proffered AG:

But the critics should do us all a favor: . . . Be ready to tell Americans exactly what protections you want to give to the terrorists. Be ready to tell Americans that you would prohibit coercive interrogation even if it were the only way of saving a hundred thousand of them.

If you're not ready to do that — because you full well understand that your position is not one even you can defend when the questions get hard — then don't waste our time. Get out of the way of serious people like Judge Gonzales. People who don't pretend to be perfect, who don't claim to have all the answers, and who are not so smug that they think they can afford to take life-and-death options off the table — even as they pray they will never have to use them.

For more on the "torture" false controversy and how it harms US efforts in the war against terrorists, read Heather MacDonald's excellent piece in City Journal.