[GingisK]

And now to the real world - it's Sept 11 and it's a beautiful day.....

That incident does not warrant torture. The job of protecting our Nation can be done very well without acting stooping to the tactics of our enemies.

[Boardwalk]

The tatctics of our enemies? I have seen no rusty blades on our side.

[tobyhill]

“Torture” is a subjective word in this case. I have yet to see any video of the so-called waterboarding of the terrorist. No one died from it so it must not have been that torturous. I have read nothing indicating that the Doctor on site had to perform life-saving procedures on the terrorist. Merely placing fear in a subject in preparation of interrogation is not torture.

[okie01]

The job of protecting our Nation can be done very well without acting stooping to the tactics of our enemies.

When did the U.S. start sawing off heads and indiscriminately killing civilians?

[okie01]

That incident does not warrant torture.

Waterboarding is not torture.

There is no physical damage -- temporary or permanent -- no physical pain.

Uncomfortable, yes. Unpleasant, yes. A little scary, yes. But not torture.

If waterboarding were torture, would we inflict it on our own troops?

Your position may be faithful to your religion, as you see it. But conflating waterboarding with beheading and terrorism isn't logically consistent. On the other hand, the Enhanced Interrogation methods were well within the bounds of my religion, as I see it.

[presently no screen name]

That’s a nice dream - we won’t wake you up.

[nufsed]

It is reported that 3 terrorists were waterboarded in the last 8 years and that information was gathered which resulted in prevention of attacks here and Great Britain.

Was this immoral?

How many people did terrorists torture and what techniques did they use?