Who cares if the c.i.a. uses whatever means necessary to question people who want to kill us.?

trumain

Answer: I would be upset if they did not!

satcomgrunt

Not me, if they are not Americans then the Constitution should not even apply to them.

PS, Sensible they behead our troops when they capture them. If they do not want to obey the Genevea conventions then we should not.

prancinglion

I care. We're the good guys and we don't use torture as a necessary means of interrogation.

What the issue at the moment is concerning the definition of torture. Making someone uncomfortable for a short duration of time, and not causing lifelong trauma or disability, falls short of torture.

Tying someones hands behind their back, and then suspending them from the ceiling with a rope from their wrists until their shoulder sockets are damages is torture... and we don't do that sort of thing.

Forcing someones head underwater and scaring them.... not torture.

Warm regards,
Douglas

Post Script: The only reason this is even an issue is the the Democrats are trying to use it to give the president a black eye in public opinion.

They seem to overlook that this method has been used under every president since the Kennedy Administration.
In short.. the Democrat leadership is filled with people that will sell out our national security to continue their individual power.

David N

Thank You Mayflower! For pointing out the folly of that GOOF "sensible-man"...I agree! How could anyone be that stupid and own a computer with internet access??? Must be Moms!

not me...........do what you need to do

Mayflower

Let me see;
you can fly a plane into my building but
I can't squirt you in the face w/ water...whatever.

W/in reasonable means...I don't care. I mean I don't think we should take a power saw to anyones fingers...but I could be wrong.

zebj25

People that think we're dealing with folks that will tell us everything and not hate us anymore if we just show them how much we care and understand them.....Just tell that to Daniel Pearl. And waterboarding is not that bad, many of us that have been in the armed forces had to go through it as part of training, or as part of the hazing that is "rumored" to go on, but it never does, end of sentence, I know nothing...

allen a

works for me !

sylverbutterfli

i personally dont care. maybe if you were acting shady and terroristic, we wouldnt have to do that! i wish they would do it to more extremes, maybe people would be scared to attack us for fear of torture.

Bob D

The rule of law thingee and we are supposed to be the good guys and as long as they dont get caught....

ObsidianJenn

United States has too many critics; especiallly ones that'll trigger people to vote the people who approve of the "cruel and unusual punishment" means out of office.

Pfo

Because if they take it to extremes and start mistreating undeserving people, us regular Americans will have little recourse to defend ourselves if all we do is stand by, or worse, condone it. You can make a case that such a policy only plays into the hands of the terrorists / insurgents, or those in the Middle East that generally say we are the Great Satan. It's an awful practice that rarely gets good information.

alanninn

your gonna get the if your kid was treated this way answer here.the truth being we see how they treat our troops.ever see a prison camp in the persian gulf? no ,they kill them after they gut them and chop off their heads before they drag them through town.but to answer your question,i dont.

doug4jets

Because the information is useless.

greatpanisdead

I care

plus, all the information that they get from torture usually ends up being worthless

friend

1. Because they may only be SUSPECTED of wanting to kill us.
2. Because things like that are WHY they want to kill us in the first place
3. Because of the Geneva Convention. I assume you've heard of it?

Gotta have more explosions!

How do you justify torturing people? If you think it's alright for you to do it because you're the good guys and you're doing it for the greater good, chances are so-called terrorists think the same thing too.

I invite anyone who thinks waterboarding isn't torture to try it out themselves and see how long they can tolerate it before they tap out.

sensible_man

You would if you had a child in the military. What goes around, comes around. Do you want the same treatment for our military personnel if they are captured?

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