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Originally Posted by Lochgelly
I'm a liberal and I am in favor of torture...well...kind of...anyway...
I hate to admit it in some ways but you can't generalize situations in this regard...
It is like the nuclear option...you hope you never have to use it but it is an option and should remain on the table...
Generally, torture should not be allowed against uniformed wearing soldiers in the field of combat.....I agree with that....
However, there are situations where it might be necessary...
Let's say we are talking about terrorists...and say those terrorists have a nuclear bomb....its set to go off somewhere in the US...we capture one of the terrorists who has information about the nuke terrorist plot....
There ya' go....if beating the crap out of him can save 5 million US lives...well....here is the whippin' stick....go at it...
Again...if its a military man in uniform and he has information on troop movements etc...but in a conventional war kind of way...we are bound by the Geneva Convention...we can't and should not torture...yes...that means that 10's or even 100's of American Soldiers could be at risk...still the answer is no...no torture....
But in those extreme terorrist situations...there needs to be flexibility...
Yeah I know...its is a sick world we live in...
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Does torture even work? I mean, wouldn't the person say ANYTHING just to get the torture to stop? How can you rely on info from the tortured?