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Poll finds broad approval of terrorist torture
MSNBC ^ | 12/6/05

Posted on 12/06/2005 5:40:41 PM PST by BurbankKarl

WASHINGTON - Most Americans and a majority of people in Britain, France and South Korea say torturing terrorism suspects is justified at least in rare instances, according to AP-Ipsos polling.

The United States has drawn criticism from human rights groups and many governments, especially in Europe, for its treatment of terror suspects. President Bush and other top officials have said the U.S. does not torture, but some suspects in American custody have alleged they were victims of severe mistreatment.

The polling, in the United States and eight of its closest allies, found that in Canada, Mexico and Germany people are divided on whether torture is ever justified. Most people opposed torture under any circumstances in Spain and Italy.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1terroristspain; 2meansmanycivilians; 3sleepsafely; 4averyappropriate; 5debriefing; donotmesswiththeus; frhypocrites; gwot; poll; terrorism; torture; toughluckjihadis
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In America, 61 percent of those surveyed agreed torture is justified at least on rare occasions. Almost nine in 10 in South Korea and just over half in France and Britain felt that way.
1 posted on 12/06/2005 5:40:42 PM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: BurbankKarl

Yes, it should be rare. I saw Jack Bauer do it on 24, and it worked for him.


2 posted on 12/06/2005 5:42:23 PM PST by doug from upland (The troops will come home when the mission is complete)
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To: jmellis43

Dont stink up my thread troll.


4 posted on 12/06/2005 5:43:27 PM PST by BurbankKarl (NRA EPL)
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To: BurbankKarl

President McCain says it doesn't work.

(where's the SARCASM OFF button when you need it?)


5 posted on 12/06/2005 5:43:39 PM PST by TheRobb7 (The American Spirit does not require a federal subsidy.)
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To: BurbankKarl

It wouldn't bother me if terrorists were fed to zoo animals.


6 posted on 12/06/2005 5:44:18 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Hey hey ho ho Andy Heyward's got to go!)
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To: jmellis43

"Does popular support make it right?"

Does popular rejection make it wrong, troll?


7 posted on 12/06/2005 5:44:44 PM PST by TheRobb7 (The American Spirit does not require a federal subsidy.)
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To: concretebob; iraqikurd; BufordP


8 posted on 12/06/2005 5:45:26 PM PST by Albion Wilde (America will not run, and we will not forget our responsibilities. – George W. Bush)
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To: BurbankKarl

People in the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were tortured enough that they chose to escape it by plunging to their deaths. Those pictures are seared in all of our minds. No amount of Howard Deans, Cindy Sheehans, John Murthas, Harry Reids and their backers and apologists can convince us otherwise.

Turn the vice another notch.


9 posted on 12/06/2005 5:45:30 PM PST by billhilly (John Murtha, ex Marine. Leading the charge of the Demoquits.)
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To: jmellis43
Does popular support make it right?

Of course not, what makes it right is exigent circumstances. What makes McCain wrong is his complete and utter failure to be specific in his bill banning torture while admitting that a POTUS might face exigent circumstances where torture was implicated.

10 posted on 12/06/2005 5:46:26 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: Paleo Conservative

According to the WAPO we do feed terrorists to zoo animals. Didn't they have an article on how we put detainees in a lion's cage.


11 posted on 12/06/2005 5:47:23 PM PST by Patriot from Philly
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To: BurbankKarl

Geez..must be a slow day over at the DUmmy board..They are on every thread I click on tonight!


12 posted on 12/06/2005 5:47:32 PM PST by penelopesire
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To: penelopesire

he got real quiet on this thread, huh?


13 posted on 12/06/2005 5:49:01 PM PST by TheRobb7 (The American Spirit does not require a federal subsidy.)
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To: BurbankKarl

LOL. Freep that poll.


14 posted on 12/06/2005 5:49:31 PM PST by johniegrad
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To: TheRobb7

In before the ZOT!~


15 posted on 12/06/2005 5:50:09 PM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: jmellis43

I wouldn't hesitate for a heartbeat to peel your skin off with a rusty potato peeler and roll you in salt to prevent your cell from murdering innocent people.


16 posted on 12/06/2005 5:50:34 PM PST by Solamente
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To: jmellis43

Go create a home page, dousche bag.


17 posted on 12/06/2005 5:50:35 PM PST by johniegrad
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To: jmellis43
I don't care if they use blowtorches and rusty pliers on them if there's an iminent threat to innocent lives in the picture.

Hell, I'll buy the fuel.

L

18 posted on 12/06/2005 5:50:41 PM PST by Lurker ("Son, there's only two things you need in this world; love and a .45.")
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To: jmellis43

Oh, yeah, then I'd ask questions.


19 posted on 12/06/2005 5:51:56 PM PST by Solamente
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To: Lurker

Time to "pile on the pimp"


20 posted on 12/06/2005 5:52:12 PM PST by johniegrad
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