First....If you think that our passing an anti-torture bill is going to make them think any differently about us, forget it. They don't believe it anyway. In fact, by making a big deal about it, we give the impression that this is NEW..that torture has been allowed up to this point. Now that it's out there, we're going to have to pass it...How can a senator vote FOR torture?? But we better get our definition of "torture" out of the hands of the democrats.
If torture is said to be anything that is "degrading" as I read it was, then we're going to have a problem! One person's "degradation" is another's effective, yet not physically abusive, technique. I can see the Dems now. We'd have hearing after hearing trying to decide if something was torture or not.
Let's pass the bill...but let's also NOT call agressive questionning "torture" as I fear the Dems will do...that is, until THEY get into the WH.