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INTRODUCING...Its a new day in America...and what a refreshing change of pace:
Yahoo!
Finally a President who will return integrity to the Country.
INTRODUCING...
The Department of Feathers and Bubbles.
Dept. Motto: curia advisari vult (The court wishes to be advised)
And what happens when we catch Osama?
Or another individual who may have info about a terrorist attack that will kill thousands?
I guess we can fall back on the Clinton created tool... Rendition.
Or we'll just send Obama and Biden in their to talk their ears off.
Maybe we could send Hillary in a Phyllis Diller outfit with bubbles and feathers... then again that's probably too harsh and would fall under torture.
Torture does nothing but force the torturee to tell the torturer what they want to hear. Even if it is false.
Waterboarding Success Stories: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Library Tower | waterboarding.orgROSS: That has happened in some cases where the material that's been given has not been accurate, has been essentially to stop the torture. In the case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the information was very valuable, particularly names and addresses of people who were involved with al Qaeda in this country and in Europe. And in one particular plot, which would involve an airline attack on the tallest building in Los Angeles, known as the Library Tower.
And what will this accomplish?Zimmer, may I respectfully suggest that you simulate water boarding on yourself and then see if you agree with your ridiculous statement.
Not true.
And absurd to say torture does not produce results.
One captain fired a round near the ear of a captured terrorist in Iraq a few years ago, and what did the terrorist do? Gave info that saved American GI's lives.
Remember that?
Then they sought to charge the Captain with criminal conduct.
The result: American GI's will die because they cannot extract critical info in the field... on the spot that will save lives for fear of prosecution... in our courts.
I wouldn't call waterboarding torture, but I'm certain you would.
Waterboarding works.
Waterboarding Success Stories: Khalid Shaikh Mohammedhttp://www.debatepolitics.com/editpost.php?do=editpost&p=1057896242 and Library Tower | waterboarding.org
This is the typical Lib response too.Waterboarding.org as proof that Waterboarding works.
Up next.
Marlboro.com as proof that smoking does not cause cancer.
And after that...
NAMBLA.com as proof that touching children sexually is NOT pedophilia.
And what will this accomplish?
What is ridiculous is the belief torture does not work. It's actually bizarre. It's denying reality, which is what much of the left does on a consistent basis, and what makes you people dangerous.
It's the same ridiculousness that is embraced in the notion that the death penalty is not a deterrent, or taking guns from law abiding citizens will make society safer.
Sorting through the revelations is all part of the job. There are trained professionals sifting it.I don't think torture works or doesn't work. Clearly it can make people admit things that are true and not true. The problem is knowing the difference.
I welcome this development. I believe that one should always fight with chivalry and as a Gentlemen and torture violates that in my mind.
By doing that you have surrendered dignity and already lost. Chivalry has a nobility that no defeat can take away.Sorting through the revelations is all part of the job. There are trained professionals sifting it.
In a pinch, when it could cost scores of lives, I'll take an American Patriot shoving bamboo under someone's finger nails to get some info... quick like. That would be the Primo, as Secondo they could go a little more medieval, and carry on from there.
Of course they'd end up in court having to explain why they wanted to save American lives so badly. It just might happen to some unfortunate patriot one day.
Its a new day in America...and what a refreshing change of pace:
Yahoo!
Finally a President who will return integrity to the Country.
By doing that you have surrendered dignity and already lost. Chivalry has a nobility that no defeat can take away.
I choose to do what is right and to lead by example. You are advocating the removal of civil rights and the retreat to barbarism. Your will turn victory itself into defeat by destroying what needs to be preserved. Perhaps it is too Stoic a way of looking at thing but I'm an old fashioned Gentlemen.You see, my rationale is simple. I believe it is immoral for thousands to die because you have a terrorist in you hands that may hold the key to saving their lives.
If professional coercion is required, so be it. His choice.
You prefer to protect the temporary health of the terrorist.
I prefer to protect the lives of thousands or more of innocent citizens.
I think your choice is nothing short of immoral.
I choose to do what is right and to lead by example. You are advocating the removal of civil rights and the retreat to barbarism. Your will turn victory itself into defeat by destroying what needs to be preserved. Perhaps it is too Stoic a way of looking at thing but I'm an old fashioned Gentlemen.
Well the fact is that the situations you are talking about are extremely rare, this isn't 24 or Die Hard it is real life.You believe hundreds, thousands or hundreds of thousands should die because the short term health of a terrorist should not be compromised to get required information to save said lives.
Because it is the "civil" thing to do?
Again, I find that immoral, not civil.
Its a new day in America...and what a refreshing change of pace:
Yahoo!
Finally a President who will return integrity to the Country.
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was captured in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on March 1, 2003 — after the plot was discovered, after the plot was "derailed", after the pilot of the plane was captured. Khaled Sheikh Mohammed could not have "provided valuable information and saved lives" when all aspects of the plot were well-known and the attack had been foiled prior to his capture.
Coercive interrogation is extremely effective at obtaining confessions. Evidence obtained from coercive interrogation is highly dubious and must be corroborated with reliable sources. The claims of interrogators who coerce their prisoners should be treated with as much skepticism as the claims of the prisoners themselves.
Well the fact is that the situations you are talking about are extremely rare, this isn't 24 or Die Hard it is real life.
Two wrongs don't make a right as the ancient wisdom says and there seems little more important now than that Western civilisation retains something of its former chivalry and does not degenerate into barbarism. You position is immoral and foolish because you would speed up such a degeneration and make any victory a defeat. That is immoral, the means shape the ends and that must always be remember.
The health of the terrorist in this case is not paramount.
There is almost infinite examples in all of human history that torture does not work.
What a dishonest person you are or at least ignorant of history.
Sorting through the revelations is all part of the job. There are trained professionals sifting it.
In a pinch, when it could cost scores of lives, I'll take an American Patriot shoving bamboo under someone's finger nails to get some info... quick like. That would be the Primo, as Secondo they could go a little more medieval, and carry on from there.
Of course they'd end up in court having to explain why they wanted to save American lives so badly. It just might happen to some unfortunate patriot one day.
One captain fired a round near the ear of a captured terrorist in Iraq a few years ago, and what did the terrorist do? Gave info that saved American GI's lives.
Remember that?