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To: kabar

If we torture, then we are no longer the good guys.

That’s what bad guys do.

Plus you don’t get anything from it because people will say anything to get the torture to stop.


2,483 posted on 02/06/2016 7:14:09 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

Even if we do not get any info it is good because they deserve it.


2,511 posted on 02/06/2016 7:15:15 PM PST by BridgeOutAhead (Obama.....dabit deus his quoque finem)
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To: Enlightened1
If we torture, then we are no longer the good guys. That’s what bad guys do.

"Good guys" finish last in warfare. How do you define torture? It depends what is at stake. If we captured a terrorist and knew that he had planted a nuclear weapon in NYC, should we do whatever is necessary to get him to disclose the location?

Plus you don’t get anything from it because people will say anything to get the torture to stop.

I can't believe people still use that meme on torture. People do disclose information under torture and if they provide bad information then they could subject themselves to further torture. I have seen how it work in SERE training where people were broken in a controlled environment. If you are claustrophobic and put into a footlocker sized box, for example, you will be broken.

2,806 posted on 02/06/2016 7:31:12 PM PST by kabar
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