If torture doesn't work then whatever interrogation they have used on some of the senior Al Qaeda leadership must not thave been torture, right?

Whatever torture is, it is now illegal, according to this law.

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Torture to me is any physical or mental coercion of information from a prisoner. I do not consider rewards for information as mental coercion.

There is nothing in the Geneva convention that applies to terrorists, thus we are not beholden to it in any way regarding them.

So I assume from this that 9-11 was not real damage huh?

You know this how? You been sitting in on there planning sessions have you? You got a handle on their financiers? You able to account for all the nukes lying around in the former USSR's disintegrating remains? In my opinon that is a particularly stupid statement. One which seems typical of the liberal mindset and a principle reason why I dont think the Democrats have any business anywhere near the presidency.

- Peter.

I do think we are way to easy on these guys. I mean OMG keeping them up for a few days listening to music! Thats almost as bad as final week at school!:eek::rolleyes:

I think we need to take a page out of the KGB/Gestapo torture book. Certainly there are people around the world probably ex KGB that could get some good info with there "skills".:D

Brutal, ha were like a freaken cheer leading squad compared to other contries. Why do you think we let other countries have a go at them first? Do you think Isreal would just keep them up and blare music? Well maybe after working them over with a base ball bat, and hanging them upside down...

From The Geneva Convention, Part 1, Article 2; "Although one of the Powers in conflict may not be a party to the present Convention, the Powers who are parties thereto shall remain bound by it in their mutual relations."

Alqaeda and their ilk are not "powers" in the statist sense and we have no mutual relations with them.

- Peter.

Parse away, if it makes you feel better.

The United States has defined water-boarding as a war-crime - even prosecuted and convicted a Japanese officer (Yukio Asano) for it. Fifteen years of hard labor was Asano-san's reward for doing what you think is ok.