I do not like this Democratic regime. I also do not condone torture including waterboarding under any circumstances. In case those of you still cheerleading for waterboarding and worse haven’t gotten through your thick skulls, these methods do not “work”. Nothing of any value was gained and the operatives turned into worse excuses for human beings and Americans than when they started. The release of this damning report may well have been political, but it has been a long time coming.
In the past, our decent treatment of combatants and noncombatants that fell into American hands was our protection, such as it was. That protection is now gone. The damage this wrongheaded, depraved policy has done to this country and its moral fiber is incalculable.
I respect your idealistic opinions, and you have every right to them. But you are sadly misinformed.
Read about how the Americans treated prisoners on the islands in Asia while fighting the fanatic Bushido warrior cult Japanese. Read about how the Japanese treated American POWs. If our prisoners were better treated, I feel sure that theirs would have faced better treatment. I do not blame the American soldiers at all; they did what they had to do.
Please read history, my kind friend, and then develop your opinion. Don't think with your emotions.