I think we just oughta "man-up" and put this torture crap to rest.
Did we torture these guys? Damn right we did.
Is it the image we want to portray to the world as the "American way?" Probably not. But on the other hand, it might be.
It was once said, "Walk softly and carry a big stick."
When it's not enough to be the breadbasket of the world, donating huge portions of our tax dollars to foreign humanitarian causes, leading the globe in civilized negotiations and arbitrations, and still a faction of humanity thinks we deserve to have thousands of our people burning and falling out of high rise buildings and from the skies, I say "screw them."
Waterboarding? Wah, wah, wah......
If it will save one American life, I got no problem with them pulling their fingernails out or staking them to a Texas anthill.
I'd prefer to be the country everybody loves and respects. I think as far as global benevolency goes, we do ok. But money can't buy you love. So, if all the "peace, love and understanding (and money:roll
" approach don't work then whip out the big stick.
I know that the stats are against me on this one. There are a lot of valid arguments and facts that go against "enhanced" intelligence gathering. Even my brother, who is in the business, says torture is counter productive.
But still, I can't muster any sympathy for these "detainees." I guess I'm the odd man out on this one. I could care less if they diced them, sliced them, and julianne fried them.
I'll work on it.
Oh yes.....
I am not a church-go-er in the slightest. Don't hang ths on the religious nuts.
Just man up and say", "Hell yeah we did it! And we're gonna do it again, you smelly bastards, if we have to!"
I could live with that.