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End the cruel, immoral practice of torture.
Not likely. Torture, far from anything we have done in questioning terror suspects, has gone on long before there ever was a United States, and will go on long after.
Protect the USA's constitition. (remember the concept of cruel and unusual punishment?)
You'd have to show where that applies to unlawful enemy combatants, not within the United States borders...Short of that this applies to US citizens.
Demonstrate that government officials are required to obey the law and should be held accountable for their actions.
Accountable? Don't make me puke! Show me where this administration is accountable for ANYTHING so far...Accountability is only a catch phrase for those who hold irrational hatred in their heart for a political goal.
Respect and comply with international law, so that other countries will be more likely to follow our example.
International law? When the rest of the world can attain our standard, then maybe they can lecture us....Til then, not so much.
Reduce the chances that our military personnel will be tortured if captured by our opponents.
How quaint that you think that radical Islamists will adhere to the GC....
Improve the USA's tarnished international image.
Oh boo freakin' hoo....You don't need to like me to respect me.
Reduce a source of unreliable intelligence.
Intel gleaned from the use of wateboarding aided in the kill of OBL....You were saying?
Stop the spread of torture to other uses, such as other crimes and political uses.
You fear that do you?
Reduce the number of sadists in positions of power.
Your personal characterizations do not count....sorry.
Save innocent people form torture.
Yes because it is only the big bad US that is at fault right?
In m view, if anyone knows of a genuine ticking timebomb situation that requires the use of torture to obtain information, they should do what is necessary. If they use torture they should be put on trial for their crime. If their justification is legit, they will not be convicted.
The USA survived for over two hundred years without legalized torture. I believe we can continue to survive without it. I will accept the risk of occassional terrorist attack in exchange for living in a free country where citizens have little fear of being tortured, imprisoned without trial, or murdered by their governement. Look at the history of governments that routinely use these techniques and see if they are the type of societies that you would want to live in.
Oh spare me the naive mindset....In the real world with this outlook that you display, I don't know frankly if I would trust you to adjudicate a petty crime of theft of a pack of chewing gum...You'd probably let the thief go, and charge the store owner. But that aside, cue to 'buy everyone a coke' song, and leave real problems in the world to those of us that recognize the threat, and don't think that the problem can be solved with a slice of chocolate cake, and a tall glass of milk, and a pretty please....:roll: