[mtbopfuyn]

Next time out and being sent to bed without dinner will be considered torture.

[sarasota]

"Context matters". And so does survival vs. moral high ground.

[stuartcr]

Just another way of saying it's all relative.

[alex]

It seems to me it will be way cheaper to take no prisoners at all. Rationale:

1. We simply have no choice: considering the legal environment soon there will be no people willing to do this work anyway.

2. The lack of language skills and the lack cultural context knowledge severely diminishes our ability to extract valuable information.

3. Even if we are able to extract intelligence we are very seldom able to use it.

4. If "no prisoners except people considered legal combatants in the strictest possible interpretation of Geneva Conventions" is our officially stated policy, we may find a lot of volunteers ready to spill their guts in exchange for a more relaxed interpretation of their legal status.

[jwalburg]

if one man pushes an old lady into an oncoming bus and another man pushes an old lady out of the way of a bus, we should not denounce them both as men who push old ladies around.

Excellent point.

[pandoraou812]

Personally I don't care what kind of torture they have to use to get info out of these terrorists. These animals behead innocent people. They do not treat our people with respect they kill them. How do you deal with people who want us dead?