This whole torture debate has gone too far. Yes we used water boarding as a means to interrogate terrorists, all three of them. Yes we kept documents on how many times we used this method on them, a couple hundred times. Yes we kept a medical doctor and psychologist in the room while we did this. Yes we limited the amount of mental stress that we could place on these terrorist. We provided air conditioned shelter, food, and amenities for the terrorists.
I wonder if these same terrorists provided a medical doctor for Daniel Pearl. Did they give him medical help when they cut off his head? Did they treat Mr. Pearl in a humane way when they cut off his head? Do you think the mastermind of September 11th thought about the well being of the people inside the World Trade Center? No they wanted to murder as many innocent Americans as possible to make a statement.
By all means call what the CIA did to the terrorists torture. Yet, our country took all the precautions to prevent lasting physical harm to some very twisted murderers. Would it be called torture if we had dropped a missile on these same terrorists blowing them to pieces?
War is ugly. There are some things our country does to save innocent human life that we just do not need to know. I like knowing that I can go to work without the fear of someone setting off a bomb. Can this be said for the people in Spain riding the train in Madrid or a bus in London?
Our country is special because we have protected it. Without these protections, we will begin to face the same issues as countries in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. I am proud of my country for doing what was needed to prevent further attacks on American soil. I remember September 12th and the way we all stood together as one. We rose up from the ashes and took the battle to the terrorists.
To make this a political game because your party decided it did not like being out of power is a travesty. We need to protect the liberties and life we have in this country at all costs even if it means dunking a murderer under water for a few seconds.
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4 years ago
Torture is against the law...WAR CRIME! Look it up... Cheney's an asshole! See more on jim-heftyinfo on google reader site. Check it out. I do like your blog site, just not in agreement on torture. Bush, Cheney, etc. really hurt this country. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteI do agree that Bush and Cheney were too arrogant. They took their eye off the ball when they went into Iraq. It was totally unnecessary at the time. We should have focused on Afghanistan and getting Bin Laden. I do agree torture is a war crime under the Geneva Convention. However, if we are dealing with people who have no regard for human life much less the Geneva Convention, should we be allowed to use unorthodox means of interrogation in a very controlled environment? I think the US would have gone overboard if we had gotten into pulling finger nails or 100 mile marches.
ReplyDeleteJim - Thanks for the feedback. Watch the language though. I want to be able to show this to my kid's one day. I do agree with your point very much though.
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