Quote:I may be in the minority here but I believe if the enemy has information that could save the life of even one U.S. solder or citizen then it is open season, use whatever methods you can possibly think of to obtain this information. Makes these [BAD WORD REMOVED] fear us, because they clearly do not. If these methods include waterboarding, sleep deprivation, beatings, chopping off fingers, skinning people alive, shock therapy, I don't care, do it. 

 

I understand that a basic soldier's role in war is to do as he is commanded and I wouldn't be for torturing anyone in that position, but if dealing with prisoners who had something to do with 9/11 or may know where Osama Bin Laden was hiding, do whatever it takes, I really have zero sympathy for these people and wish the worst for them.

 

You say, "...if the enemy has information that could save the life of even one U.S. solder or citizen then it is open season..."

 

So why restrict your use of this tool to alleged terrorists?   What about other situations?    If torturing someone saves the life of even one citizen, therefore we should do it, why not use this useful tool that saves lives in other situations?

 

So if we should  be able to torture people in the war on terror, what about the war on drugs?   Should we be able to torture people in the war on drugs, too?  If torturing an alleged drug dealer would lead us to his supplier, and that would save lives, should we be allowed to do that?   It would save a lot of lives, right?  

 

And by the way, who decides who should be  tortured?   Do we allow the CIA to decide this?   They can torture whoever they want?   What about if someone tells the CIA that his neighbor is a terrorist, should the CIA be  able to pick up the neighbor and torture them?  What if someone tells the CIA that you are a terrorist?   Should you have any rights at all?   Or should the CIA be allowed to pick you up and  send you to some overseas facility to be  tortured?  

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