I wasn't referring to "the heat of battle"__I was referring to every aspect of war in general.
The fact that you are relying on word games and semantics as the basis of your position indicates failure and as far as being "about us, our values, or morals", is absolute kumbaya absurdity.
These qualities do not apply in times of war when balanced against the lives of our people and an enemy who has no respect for these values and couldn't care less if we "denounce" them because of it.
Not relying on word games, just clarifying. I could declare war aginst the girl scouts and say it justified me doing terrible things. it doesn't. We have laws and rules of behavior even during war. In fact, I would argue they are more important during war, where evil can more readily get out of hand.
And it is about us, about what we value. We face no threat that justifies us throwing rule of law out the window. Your argument would hold more weight if we faced a threat that could actually defeat us. We don't.
So, are you saying you would tell the interrogators to stop?__I wonder why I have a problem with your answer?!
The fact that the talking heads and their cherry picked experts have apparently convinced you that enhanced interrogation and torture are never reliable intelligence gathering tools is a testament to your gullibility.
Actually, I speak of books on the subject, something you'd have to go to the library to check out and read. As I don't watch political enteritainers of any pursasion any more, or listen to silliness on talk radio, you misread my position for a second time. I served in the military and have read much on torture. I don't kow how to link books from the library. But there are links on the internet, and I linked a few.
And I gave an example of us getting misinformation, the problem with torture. This is how debate and argment is suppose to work. Nor have I ever used the word never. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. But if I get misinformation far more often than I get good information, as the litature says, and other methods are far more effective, as the litature says, then why would we use torture, that is also immoral and illegal?