Deadly Day: Suicide bombers strike a Shiite shrine in Baghdad, killing sixty Iraqis.
Prison Pics: Obama chooses to release photos documenting American torture of detainees. Officials insightfully say the photos are “not good.” Meanwhile Dems aresplit over whether they should investigate Bush-era torture or whether they should be chickenshits.
Gates Crasher: Microsoft’s profit falls for the first time in 23 years, aiding the self-righteous air of Mac users everywhere.
Greenhorns: California passes pioneering carbon reduction law.
Britain Smitten: Remember that dowdy British woman who snagged international limelight with her horrible hair and great voice? Now the tabloids are turning against her AND her cute new haircut.
Brutal Budgets: Multnomah County cuts jobs to save social services.
Lents Still in Play: Check out Matt’s post yesterday about the delayed decision over Beavers stadium siting.
I, personally, do not see anything wrong with using any thing you can to get information out of terrorists about any planned terrorist acts. Anyone who targets children and other non-combatants doessn’t get any sympathy from me. It seems that using drugs would be better than outright physical torture would be more humane, but then, terrorists aren’t humane either. I guess now I will wait for everyone to jump on me for my views, but thats’ the way I feel.
“Anyone who targets children and other non-combatants doessn’t get any sympathy from me.”
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/
Torture is bad for interrogations because the information is always unreliable. People will say anything to stop their torture; it’s just never the right information.
It’s been studied that most terrorists are fringe types looking to feel a sense of belonging within a cause and the torture serves to reinforce their beliefs in the cause through a sense of martyrdom. Under torture the people lie almost every time.
But aren’t there some drugs that will make a person tell what he knows without lying? Or have I been reading too many spy novels. And by the way, where was all this outcry about torturing people when the Viet Cong was abusing our G.I.s? And the televised be-headings?