The problem is that the things demanded by an empire, which is staying power, ruthlessness, the ability and the willingness to use its power around the world, it's something that democracies tend to be quite skeptical about. — Mark Danner Copy Share Image
How do you have a democratic empire, how do you have an imperial foreign policy built on a democracy polity. It's like some sort of strange mythical beast that's part lion, part dragon. You know at the bottom is a… — Mark Danner Copy Share Image
Torture takes over someone's nervous system. Torture takes over what they feel. Torture takes over and penetrates into their mind and into their body.… — Mark Danner Copy Share Image
I think if you're looking for a pure expression of evil, torture is pretty - is a pretty good candidate. — Mark Danner Copy Share Image
The problem is that the things demanded by an empire, which is staying power, ruthlessness, the ability and the willingness to use its power… — Mark Danner Copy Share Image
I think that the first point to be made is there is no "solution" in Afghanistan. Solution I put in quotes. We live in… — Mark Danner Copy Share Image
I would not like to be in President Obama's position in making choices on Afghanistan. — Mark Danner Copy Share Image
One is the goals of 9/11 itself, of that attack was to draw the United States into Afghanistan to fight a counterinsurgency as the… — Mark Danner Copy Share Image
What is evil? What is - where does the evil come from that lies behind someone like Saddam Hussein, or Radovan Karadzic, or General… — Mark Danner Copy Share Image
How do you have a democratic empire, how do you have an imperial foreign policy built on a democracy polity. It's like some sort… — Mark Danner Copy Share Image
