Where do you stand on the issue of torture?

Sgt. Tahmooressi is a Florida boy too. Know this I would have water boarded every Mexican official who was involved in keeping him caged like a animal. I would have needed the help of some patriotic big boys to help me. I'm glad that you were raised in the protective bubble of the USA. It saddens me that you don't know who to thank for it. You are "entitled" to post this because of those who served before you. Do you think that if we ask "pretty please with sugar on top" that they will stop their ethnic cleansing program? I don't think so

We should never descend or lower ourselves to their level. I understand what can be gained from it but at what point do we down the line. When you get into the grey area you never know how close you are to the black until you are clearly there. The really never know what your shade of grey may mean or where you are ethically. If torture produces such great results who doesn't law enforcement use it? They could answer a lot of question quick. You would deter crime and save people. But the question is it all worth it if you torture someone who is completely innocent? Who decides how far you do? What if they die? If you find yourself asking questions that you enemy may be when they detain someone and torture we are lowering ourselves. These guys are hardened killers. They deserve to die but torturing someone day in and day out is something else. If you really wanted to know how one felt you may want to ask a victim that was a POW in the Vietnam war. You could ask if we should do the same thing.

Much of your last two sentences are unintelligible and make no sense. Having said that, let me remind you that what the Nazis and Japanese did in WW II was torture as was Stalin's actions during his reign of terror. Later what the North Koreans did was torture. The NVA, Camir Rouge and countless other Communist countries tortured military and civilian personnel purely for the sake of torture. Currently, the beheadings, suicide bombings and shooting of civilians by Islamic terrorists in the name of, "religion", is torture. What the United States engaged in was information gathering from known or suspected terrorists and in no way can be compared to what the aforementioned purveyors of torture engaged in. Before criticizing our country, study the past then draw your conclusions from a foundation based on facts, Private.

For those of you that keep bringing up the Geneva Conventions you are dead wrong. The Geneva Conventions only apply to signatory nations, last I checked Al Queda and ISIS are not nations, lol. And it only applies in that we are to receive GC protections ONLY if the un-signatory nation agrees to those terms, again, Al Queda and ISIS are not nations. Since Al Queda and ISIS are not nations and are definitely not signatory nations they are NOT covered under the GC just as we have no reason to expect them to honor the GC. I could understand such outrage if we were drawing and quartering prisoners, racking them and then pulling out their internals, or putting them in the Iron Maiden, or summarily executing them. But to say we're touring someone by using techniques that only make the person uncomfortable and leave no lasting physical effects then you might as well consider SERE training, BUD/S, Ranger School, etc torture.

The amount of people in support of this, and the amount of tacit support being displayed via the thumbs the supporters are receiving disturbs me. Ends should never justify means, otherwise we would be able to condone literally anything regardless of how heinous. Torture is an unquestionably evil act, and the fact that there are so many people here who see no issue with it, justifying it as a means to an end, sickens me. To practice this violates every principle that gives us the moral high ground, violates every national value that is worth fighting for.

People wonder why so many people in the world despise us as a nation. This is why.

I think there are enough alternatives in using chemicals or other techniques. I think the torturers are mostly poorly equipped to do the job and less prepared to live with themselves years later. We can get our answers using other methods. I think we like the retribution we attach to it.

ALL who had knowledge,ALL who took part in and out of the service should be investigated and charged appropriately.If we can't the UN and P5+1 should look at our membership.

Beat me, hurt me, just don't F'n bore me........oh......you mean them?

I need to lighten my mood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-hnyAHi2qw

It's a war crime. Do it and go to prison.

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