Fascist liberals want to coddle the terrorists- but pres Bush knows we should have the ability to torture terrorists as a way to extract information.The ability to torture is a must to fight terrorism. Torture will in the end protect freedom. I favor the use of torture- Do you think the US should or shouldnt use torture on the terrorists?
2006-09-15 11:52:39 · 17 answers · asked by OctopusGuy 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Wow...shocking. Torture never ever protects freedom. It ultimately has the opposite effect and will only strengthen the resolve of your enemies and give them the moral reasons to take you out...because you have become morally bankrupt and have embraced evil.
The ghosts of Nuremburg are calling out to you...listen do you hear them...no not the victims....no I mean the Heydrichs, the Mullers, the Eichmans...they are singing to you...they call on you to embrace the darkness. Thus is evil unleashed upon the world.
2006-09-15 15:29:45 · answer #1 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Dude you wouldn't be in favor of torture if some government offical stuck jumper cables to your testicles or pulled your finger nails out with a pair of pillars. Ask any Arab-Americans or Russian Americans what's it like or better yet go to a Holocaust Memorials and ask some survivors about torture before you start calling liberals fascist. I bet you don't even know what the term means.
2006-09-15 12:31:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
To those in the know, torture is ultimately self-defeating and a poor way of extracting useful and accurate information out of anyone. Are you calling Colin Powell a liberal? It should be obvious by now that the Bush administration has no idea of how it should be conducting it's anti-terrorist activities. They should try a scalpel instead of a sledgehammer.
2006-09-15 12:13:50 · answer #3 · answered by abrainconnected 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Did you ever consider that not all prisoners captured are guilty of terrorism? If you torture anyone long and brutal enough they will tell you anything you want to hear. Look at what happened to US GIs' in Vietnam. They were tortured horribly and forced to sign confessions that were not the truth.
I say mercilessly-brutalize whom you know for a FACT as a terrorist (may they burn in everlasting hell), but torturing innocent people is absolutely wrong. If you do that to the innocent, then who is the terrorist????????
2006-09-15 12:06:45 · answer #4 · answered by Toonces 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question
1. It could be because its a violation of US law
2. It could be because torture really doesn't work as a means of extracting info. People say anything to stop the torture.
3. It could be because when we interpret the Geneva Convention to suit our own means then so can any country that captures US troops.
4. It could be that we have already done irreparable harm to our reputation and moral authority by torturing prisoners.
5. It could be because we have made the middle east situation hundreds of times worse by abusing prisoners and getting more and more people to take arms up against us.
6. It could be because a lot of the "terrorists" we're holding have no connection to Al Quada and were simply picked up by warlords in Afghanistan looking for the handsome US bounty.
7. It could be that these people actually have morals and would consider it a travesty that this country could stand up to the likes of Hitler and Stalin without resorting to torture, but let a bunch of pipsqueak terrorists reduce us to their level.
Other than that I don't know.
2006-09-15 12:05:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-01 00:12:02 · answer #6 · answered by mauzon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Liberals do not want to "coddle" terrorists! Give me a break, but if we taut ourselves as great liberators and then go in behind a dictator we have forcefully overthrown (for no good reason I might add, and I am entitled to a STRONG opinion on Iraq, my baby brother was killed there last year!) Then are we not just as bad or worse than the dictator we have so trampled on. We claim to be doing good, doing good and bring peace will never, ever come through violence, unless it is violence of last resort (i.e.: WWII) We are America and as the greatest country in the world we also have to be the greatest example in the world on how we treat our citizens as well as citizens of the world...We don't get enough credit sometimes, but we have to at least rise above the evil we are so vocally opposing, or are we not just complete hypocrites? Think about it....
2006-09-15 12:10:32 · answer #7 · answered by Jo G 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Beast! I see you! I know you! Evil incarnate ... so mundane ... so purile ... such ugly, mean hypocrisy! Come on out, now, and let's end this thing.
The debate is about torture of SUSPECTS ... where no real proof exists for guilt.
So, you are condoning torture .. the inflicting of pain and suffering ... on the basis of mere suspicion! How would you like the same treatment? Or will you claim to be just as much of a masochist as you appear to be a sadist?
Besides ... torture is not effective! The sufferers will tell the torturer anything they want to hear, true or not, in order to escape the pain.
That is the truth of the matter.
But I suppose there's no arguing with people who just want to inflict pain on others... and dress it up as reason.
It does help to be able to identify them, though!
So ... thanks for showing us all your true colors.
2006-09-17 04:07:39 · answer #8 · answered by postquantum 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Um. I'm liberal, and I think communism is not a good idea, first of all. Very few liberals do.
Secondly, the terrorists have been trained to withstand torture. Any information we "gain" would most likely be falsified. ("If you are tortured, tell them Osama is in such-and-such country, because that is what they want to hear," for instance.) I am generally against it on logical terms.
We tortured Vietnamese people during Nam and it got us nowhere. I've gotten to hear wonderful stories about scalping in Nam from my friend's dad, who fought there. What good did it do us? None.
Liberals at least try to understand where conservatives are coming from. We would really appreciate it if you showed us the same courtesy.
2006-09-15 12:14:37 · answer #9 · answered by Esma 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Not only is torture morally wrong, it is also an ineffective method of gathering intel. When someone is tortured, they will tell the "interrogator" what they want to hear, not what is true.
People like Saddam Hussein torture people. I'd like to think we're better than Saddam.
2006-09-15 12:03:23 · answer #10 · answered by Shannon H 1 · 4⤊ 2⤋