To: Petronius
We are at war with an enemy that wants to kill us. In WW II
we had an enemy that wanted to kill us. We killed them instead. Sometimes we did extract information from them using torture. It saved American Lives.
The rules that apply to civilians in this country do not apply to those captured in battle in Afganistan.
It is also true that you can torture and get an confession on anything you want. The key is to already have information that the individual being questioned does not know you have. In this manner the veracity of the things he says under duress can be validated against this and the data that others have given.
It is not pretty but is does work. I would sure as hell see this done rather than one of our American Sons die needlessly in battle or another 3000 die in a terrorist attack.
81 posted on
12/26/2002 7:50:58 AM PST by
cpdiii
To: cpdiii
Well said, cpdiii, regarding your post #81. I agree 100%.
93 posted on
12/26/2002 8:50:17 AM PST by
Peach
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