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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
I know this has been discussed before, but the president and his staff is on the airways again saying that we don't torture but not defining what torture is.
I discussed this with some of the fellows that I eat lunch with the other day and one of them, who is a VietNam vet, told of the practice of taking two prisoners up in a Chopper and throwing one out so the other would talk.
I come down on the side of following the Geneva convention myself. I want us to be admirable in our actions and I want them to know they will be treated humanely so that they won't fear being taken prisoner.
Plus the information gotten from torture is not reliable. They will say whatever they think you want to hear if you are pulling their fingernails off just to get you to stop.
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It is our enemies we are talking about. So what? Grind them and feed them to the pigs for all I care.
No problem with that. Makes me think of the movie "Scarface" except that guy was hung from a chopper.
They are not even afraid of dying for their cause. I doubt torture will change that.
It's not ALWAYS reliable. Some of it might be, some might not be. You need to check out the info you get always. However, it is more reliable than no information.