That is true and that is why I referred to it as enhanced interrogation. I should have been more clear.
Torture is not effective. . .again, unless done in a way to ensure you receive accurate intelligence. . .won’t go into how that is done, but it does work.
Torture just to torture doesn’t work in getting anything actionable—and that is what McLame is thinking/feeling when he talks about the subject and recalls the NV experience.
Same can be said of various interrogation techniques. . .SERE is an excellent training environment to learn such things.
A lot of what would go on in a POW camp would be not so much to get information, at least after a while, but to ensure compliance and docility among the inmates.
You run one time, you got yourself a set of chains. You run twice, you got yourself two sets. You ain’t gonna need no third set ‘cause you’re gonna get your mind right. And I mean RIGHT.