Posted on 12/15/2014 11:41:11 AM PST by jazusamo
Critics and defenders of the harsh interrogation methods applied to captured terrorists can argue forever over whether those methods were "torture." But any serious discussion of a serious issue — and surely terrorism qualifies as serious — has to move beyond semantics and confront the ultimate question: "Compared to what alternative?"
If you knew that there was a hidden nuclear time bomb planted somewhere in New York City — set to go off today — and you had a captured terrorist who knew where and when, would you not do anything whatever to make him tell you where and when? Would you pause to look up the definition of "torture"? Would you even care what the definition of "torture" was, when the alternative was seeing millions of innocent people murdered?
Senator Dianne Feinstein's recent release of a massive report on the CIA's severe interrogation methods, used against captured Islamic terrorists, has set off a firestorm of controversy. It is hard to see what benefit the United States of America gains from releasing that report. But it is painfully obvious what lasting damage has been done to the security of Americans.
One of the most obscene acts of the Obama administration, when it first took office, was to launch a criminal investigation of CIA agents who had used harsh interrogation methods against captured terrorists in the wake of the devastating September 11, 2001 aerial attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Right after those terrorist attacks, when there were desperate fears of what might be coming next, these CIA agents were trying to spare fellow Americans another attack that could take thousands more lives, or perhaps millions more...
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Those who wish to discourage evil should endeavor to treat others *slightly* better than those others treat them. Letting others know that both good and bad actions will be reciprocated will encourage those others to engage in good actions, so they can receive a favorable response and avoid an unfavorable one. Conversely, letting others know that no action by them will net a negative response will encourage them to engage in bad actions, since they will lose nothing by doing so.
nice post
i just can’t imagine why 90% of voters don’t agree with you?
Feinstein quite the hypocrite: has steered arms deals to her husband's business, violtated law to arm herself, was part of the bipartisan passage of the post-9/11 legislation----while Hussein the Twelfth Imam practices the Alinsky principle, destroy your enemy with his own morality--
The damage Carter's DCI Turner did to humint has never been repaired
Atta's crew was in Conus the year prior
Weldon's attempts to walk back the cat with Able Danger resulted in his ouster and their censure
From Gorelick's Wall we have Feinstein's mining and sapping--
Platoon: "Gooks in the wire--it's a lovely war."
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Wise words again from Dr. Sowell and a great graphic.
BTTT
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