To Torture or Assassinate: War and the Implications of Enhanced Interrogation

Headline Post ^ | June 8, 2011 | Editor

[liberty33]

Islamists believe themselves to be doing the will of Allah. They believe that their faith is the one true faith and that they are destined to win over all infidels (nonMuslims). Victory is inevitable, a historical certainty. EIT exploits this faith. Jihadists believe it is their duty to carry out their mission, and if captured, they are to resist interrogation for as long as possible. However, they also believe that they do not have to hold out indefinitely. Once they reach a threshold, they are allowed by their faith to capitulate and release information. A good jihadist will resist for as long as he can, and once he can resist no longer, he is relieved of the responsibility; he has done God’s will and may now talk without guilt, for they the Islamists are going to win anyway. We know this to be true from the Islamist fighters themselves, who literally thanked their interrogators and told them to “do this to all the brothers.” EIT allows an Islamic terrorist to save face. The enhanced interrogation program was literally designed to give the jihadist something worthy to resist. It is a necessary stage for the faith warrior. The jihadist can be proud of his resistance even as he divulges information. The fact that KSM mocked his interrogators once he figured out they were only allowed to waterboard him for forty-seconds, and still gave up valuable information after tiring of the process, proves its effectiveness. This is a unique vulnerability in the particular enemy that we face, and we should ignore it only if we are certain that no loss of life will occur due to its dismissal.

The credibility of coercive interrogation lies not with its application but with the subject to be interrogated.

[liberty33]

A comprehensive review of the debate over the effectiveness of "enhanced interrogation techniques."

[Tainan]

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Thanks for posting this.