Fair enough...I misunderstood the point you were making.
I read it that you believe that waterboarding is legitimate for lawful combatants to use against American troops, and for police to use in interrogations?
“I read it that you believe that waterboarding is legitimate for lawful combatants to use against American troops, and for police to use in interrogations?”
No, my point was that irregulars (i.e., those not protected by the Geneva Convention) should not enjoy the benefits of those agreements. Perhaps I my my point inarticulately. The bottom line is that lawful combatants are protected and should only be expected to give their name, rank, serial number, and date of birth, and no harm shall befall them if that is all the information they volunteer. Irregulars or unlawful combatants have no such legal protections aside from, perhaps, the new Human Rights protocols that the UN and the NGOs keep trying to introduce.