You didn't get my point. I will explain it...AGAIN.
After you perform a fake execution on that terrorist, he will understand that it is fake, and the next time will not work.
However, it does not ring true that every last terrorist you drag in is as tough.
After the first trip through the fake execution, it will not work on that terrorist again.
Do you really think that interrogations are one-time events?
Another good question might be, if West gets burned, how many soldiers may die because the next commander who finds himself in this situation will be more interested in his career that his men?
Where soldiers lives are at risk all the time, it strikes me as a blow to the morale of those men and that weakens the cohesion of of a fighting unit. If moral is bad the unit does a bad job.
I think congress has a vested interest of behalf of the American people to see that the nation is successful in its military projects and as many soldiers as possible come home in one piece. One may agree or disagree with our presence in Iraq, but if the action is started and fails, that hurts us all.