If a few slaps, punches, panties on the head, leading by leach adventures, etc. will provide info that saves ANY of the lives of our soldiers over there, innocent Iraqis, or even citizens over HERE, then it's worth it. The definitino of torture has expanded like the meaning of "child abuse" has over the last coupel of decades.
IF our guys were cutting off fingers, shocking genitals, etc, that MIGHT be different, but I have yet to hear anything that qualifies as real TORTURE/ABUSE. People so easily forget that these folks are TERRORISTS who were, in most cases, caught in the act of trying to hurt/kill our guys or Iraqi civilians.
Some of the media wants us to go really soft on terrorists.
The media is working for the terrorists.