The first time that Elliott Abrams was close to the center of power in American foreign policy, he was a supporter of death squads in Central America, going so far as to spread disinformation about massacres committed by the brave freedom fighters we were supporting. Then he became a criminal for deceiving Congress about it. His record is clean because he snuck through a loophole -- a "technicality," as it is usually called on the Right when some kid who sticks up a 7-11 beats the rap because he wasn't Mirandized. That is the caliber of man to whom Tiger Beat On The Potomac gives a platformto say the following:

The only part of old-fashioned realpolitik that he does follow religiously is indifference to humanitarian matters. The administration has been extremely weak on human rights policy, from the early embrace of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and the silence when Iranians rose in protest against the June 2009 elections, to the astonishing Syria policy that has led to suffering of vast dimensions.

Elliott Abrams, defender of butchers, liar in the service of murder, is lecturing the president as being "weak on human rights."

If I thought Mike Allen had the shame god gave the common duck, I'd suggest that he leave journalism forever and go to work tending swine in El Mozote.

Jesus, these really are the fking mole people.

Bartender, a double Prestone, and see what the pundits in the back room will have.

Charles P. Pierce Charles P Pierce is the author of four books, most recently Idiot America, and has been a working journalist since 1976.

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