Not really. I understand her point, but she seems to be suggesting that interrogation techniques considered unacceptable in 2018 were OK in September 2001.
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This whole argument is silly. We have signed on to an agreement with many other countries that say we will not use torture. That is well and good but it only applies to the countries that signed the agreement. Terrorists who have not signed anything, who use torture and kill innocents purposely have no non-torture agreement with us. To suggest they do is ignorance. To make a law in congress that says we won’t use these techniques against those who would use them on us is traitorous and stupididity of the highest order.
After World War II the “civilized” countries of the world got together in Geneva and decided what would be fair and not fair in future wars. The Geneva Convention and treaties are for participating COUNTRIES, not non-participating terrorists.
It is time to get the bamboo under the fingernails of terrorists. Torture the Hell out of them, make them talk and wish they had never been born, then kill them and bury them with a pig. Put the torture and burrying on youtube for the world to see.
The nuances of these explanations will never be understood by 95% of the American public. Condoleeza Rice would be better off just keeping quiet about it.