Sergeant Schultz and Condoleeza Rice ...

Remember Sergeant Schultz in Hogan's Heroes? Tell me that our former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice doesn't sound just like him: I see n-n-n-nuuuthink. I see n-n-n-nuuuthink. N-n-n-nuuuthink.

Student: Okay. Is waterboarding torture in your opinion?

Rice: I just said, the United States was told, we were told, nothing that violates our obligations under the Convention Against Torture. And so by definition, if it was authorized by the president, it did not violate our obligations under the Convention Against Torture.

Of course, Rice doesn't project Shultzies bufoonery. And Rice was in a position to make a real difference while Schultz was a guard that tried to avoid all trouble.