I am obviously against torture. But in every circumstance, no. Say we gained intelligence regarding the next 9/11 and captured a terrorist with knowledge. By all means dress them in female panties and prance them around.
We should have dropped a couple of near-nukes on Tora Bora when bin laden was there after 9-11. Might have cost us $100 mill in bombs. So what? Done deal.
There is a lot more value to Osama being at large than dead. For as long as he is missing you can claim that an unseen unheard immeasurable infinite threat is about to overtake US.
Excuse me, but the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Geneva Conventions govern American treatment of ALL foreign detainees, lawful or unlawful. The third of those conventions PROHIBITS TOUCHING the detainee in any way, other than for the purpose of moving him from place to place, if he refuses to go voluntarily and when told to do so. The above must be news to you. http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/04/21/napolitano_torture_memos/ Yet, it is not news to FOX News Senior Judicial analyst, Judge Andrew Napolitano
Simple, make'm fly coach transatlantic a few times while sitting between two fat guys with poor hygiene. They'll give up everything once you promise that the next leg will be in first class. Seneca