the key is getting RELIABLE information.

if one is tortured for information that one does not have, one will make something up to stop the pain.

so that is why torture does not work.

you get information that is not reliable.

you also make it ok for the enemy to torture our guys if they catch them.

in ww2 the germans near the end sought out american units to surrender to because they knew the russians would treat them roughly. perhaps because the germans previously treated the russians roughly.

in our country we have a tradition of treating prisoners humanely, including healing their wounds.

unfortunatley our reputation for fair treatment is suffering in this present conflict.

tom w

tom w

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