War sucks. War is when laws are no longer being followed, therefore rules of what is torture and what isn’t should be best left to the discretion of those in the field, who need the information the most.
Gitanamo is an example of America’s humanity toward human beings. We are a kind people. Most of these vermin would have had a bullet in the head in on the battlefield if they didn’t want to talk, not simply detained and sent to Club Gitmo.
I say torture, as this is a war. This is not a law and order issue. This is a do-what-it-takes to win. I hate it, too, but it must be done.
Well, you and I agree that this is a war - but, in the legal sense of the term, it appears that the People of the United States, through their Representatives in Congress assembled and their Electoral College, do not.
It is my view that the failure to engage the War Power of the People of the United States is entirely George W. Bush's fault, and that it is due in part to his Christian socialist internationalism and in part to his incompetence.