Hate Torture? Consider Boot Camp

The Los Angeles Times ^ | December 14, 2005 | Max Boot

[MikefromOhio]

no stress cards at Ft. Benning, Ft. Sill or Ft. Knox either....

I don't know about Jackson, but I am pretty sure that is a rumor....

[MikefromOhio]

I went to Benning. We never had them there....

We always "heard" that it was Ft. Jackson, but snopes says that it's all BS.

[chudogg]

Later i heard the same guy tried to tie the cord around his neck and jumped out the window but broke his legs on the way down!

I would imagine if these stress cards were actually used it was limited to one or two companies to see how it worked. If true, i would think with all the negative rumours flying around TRADOC would quickly discontinue the idea.

[ma bell]

try "Wartime SERE school" at Camp McKall...:))

[grobdriver]

Probably more intense.
Warner Springs was intense enough for me.

[Born Conservative]

[nutmeg]

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[nutmeg]

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[Victoria Delsoul]

Now Congress wants to outlaw these methods — said to have yielded valuable intelligence — by passing a prohibition on "cruel, inhumane or degrading" treatment. Even the "enhanced" techniques employed at Gitmo may not survive. The McCain amendment may make sense as a public relations move to counter a tidal wave of negative publicity. But it could lead to an anomalous result: a system that treats captured terrorists better than we treat our own soldiers.

I positively can't stand McCain. His liberal proposals like his Campaign Finance Reform serve to undermine the Bush administration and to gain favor with the left and our critics overseas. Torture is illegal in America, we already know that, but what the McCain amendment will do is to stop the use of coercive interrogation tactics to extract vital information. This “torture” ban will give terrorists like Al-Qaeda the right to convince the courts to interfere with the conduct of the war on terror. Imagine if a terrorist is caught, and and he and other terrorists plan to carry out another attack like 9/11, the McCain ban will allow the attack to take place, since the only one caught wouldn't willingly provide any information.

[Victoria Delsoul]

McCain ping.