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The US and Torture

I'd say we officially lost the war on terror. We've become what we are fighting. We do it a bit more scientifically - don't want a bunch of blood and guts around to embarass people like those nasty terrorists do with electric drills and knives, but it's still torture.

While I don't always agree with Senator McCain, I do here. He says, and he should know, "All I [McCain] can say is that it was used in the Spanish Inquisition, it was used in Pol Pot's genocide in Cambodia, and there are reports that it is being used against Buddhist monks today (in Myanmar)," he told The New York Times.

"It is not a complicated procedure. It is torture," he added.

Yes, I know, I've heard the scenario. If a terrorist is going to bomb a school full of kids and won't talk, why should we worry about torturing him (most are hims not hers) to get the info to save the kids. Where do you draw the line? Most people would say 100 kids is worth torturing for - Is one kid worth it? If one kid, how about a multi-million dollar building or aircraft?

If a terrorist is going to kill 100 kids, do you really think he's going to tell us the truth about what is going to happen? If I'm tortured I'm going to say as much as I can about everything I can think of. I'm sure you'll get the truth, but it's going to come with a lot of crap you're also going to have to check out.

Bottom line, is I think it's just wrong. Like negotiating with terrorists. A line has to be drawn and when we sink below that line we become what we are fighting.

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