"There are some who claim that torture is a nonissue because it never works--it only produces false information. This is simply not true, as evidenced by the many decent members of the French Resistance who, under Nazi torture, disclosed the locations of their closest friends and relatives."
From Alan Dershowitz of the Wall Street Journal:
http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110010832
So, it worked so well for the Nazis, we should do it too? What kind of reasoning is that?
First, this is an explicit statement that we should have no problem using the brutal tactics of this murderous regime that so many of our soldiers (and those of many other countries) gave their lives to defeat. Isn't America supposed to be BETTER than that?
Secondly, the Nazis LOST! Should we really be copying tactics from the losers of the last world war?
Third, our interrogators were able to get vital information from the Nazis WITHOUT sinking to their level.
2007-11-10
05:23:33
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