[NFHale]

You fight fire with fire, and you fight to win.

Or - you go home and sit and wait for the animals - that have declared holy war on you, by the way - to come into your country, detonate a bomb in your subway, stadium, or, oh, I don’t know, do something like fly airliners into skyscrapers, or blow up a marathon (Nah... that could NEVER happen!).

So if putting underwear on Achmed’s head, and dunking his face in ice water saves one American kid’s life, well, to me that’s a no-brainer.

How did Orwell put it - people sleep soundly in their beds only because OTHER people are ready to do violence on their behalf?

[Hugh the Scot]

You'll get no argument from me. I've certainly not made any statements supporting the treating of islamic terrorists with kindness and care. I'm all for killing them. My position has been and continues to be that of Ted Cruz' statement. We don't torture.

That makes some people mad, and confuses some others... What can you do?

yldstrk (I assume) and I will hold to our beliefs, based on what we perceive to be moral and right, no matter how many Freepers respond with the well considered and lucid argument that "Hugh is a doodie head".

[bobby.223]

I can’t believe the LD’s posting on this. (Especially one little chippy here who I am gonna bet is a ‘RAT voter anyway). REAL torture inflicts EXTREME pain and agony on the victim for very extended, (sometimes), durations. Water boarding, panties on the heads etc. etc. etc. is NOT torture. (It is very uncomfortable sure but the terrorists know about water boarding and they know they are gonna live thru it). Then we have the LD’s who post: If we do it to them they will do it to us.....Good God!!! They do it, (and will continue to do it), no matter what WE do or don’t do. If it was up to me I’d have the American murdering terrorist head choppers heated up with a blow torches.