Shouldn't iran be allowed to torture the british soldiers they captured...?

Question

....since we torture and imprison enemies without charge, then we must allow them to do this, too. We cannot do anything about it.

i totally agree, kberto, but the fact still stands

how do you know that? we have been threatening to nuke them for months now!

i don't know that they are not. but they would be justified in doing so.

have you people not been paying attention to the news?

it is united states policy that the military can torture. i hate it, but its the policy, there fore, we cannot tell iran that they can't do it. that is my point, at least a few of you got it.

there have been multiple cases where there were people in us custody tortured TO DEATH!!!!

and you cannot say that they are threatening to kill us, because many of the people in us custody were never charged with anything and are totally innocent. also, we have threatened to nuke IRAN, haven';t you seen the news and listened to neocon talk radio??

Answer 1

You bring up a very good point. This was what Senator McCain warned about- that torturing our prisoners would lead to the torture of our captured soldiers.

There is no excuse for torture, but the Iranians have as much right to torture as we do. Quid pro quo.

Answer 2

Iran is going to do what ever they want to with the British soldiers. They (the Brits) were taken in international waters. A zodiac boat is no match for a gun boat. No one is at war with Iran. So there is no reason for Iran to torture the Brits. Should they do so they loose the moral high ground they are trying to take for capturing them in the first place. The Brits. won't stand for this for too long. They really don't need our help to handle this. Although the US will back their play no matter what it is. As we should. Iran must think that the Brits. won't do anything with out the US's blessing. That's where they are wrong. The Brits. did'nt need anyones help in the Faulkens and they did just fine.

Answer 3

Well, there's definitely a difference here.

While torture has (and likely is) been inflicted on prisoners in the care of the United States, this is more a direct result of the incompetence and morally bankrupt nature of our current administration, and the individual indiscretion of the perpetrators. It is by no means endemic to American democracy and goes against its ideology.

In a country like Iran - while Iranians themselves are not endemically evil and prone to torture - the Islamists and extremists (the mullahs in the governing council, and the supreme ayatollah) that are a part of their convoluted republican system are, in fact, perfectly capable of supporting torture as a matter of course.

Answer 4

first of all you ought to end listening to liberal propaganda you adult adult males are commencing as much as sound like commies and that i'm particular you may choose to hearken to approximately them getting tortured!!!Pouring water on somebody on an identical time as there the different way up isn't something while in comparison with what there torture strategies are and that they do it to ladies and little ones!! we are AT conflict !!! i think of specifically situations the some distance left might fairly the U.S. be attacked lower back and lower back ought to we enable them to all bypass how approximately that consistent with possibility a suicide bomber working down your highway!! The followers that could fairly see all people ineffective are loving you people!! this variety of crap is tearing this united states of america aside as we considered in Portland we live in united states of america crammed with traitors!!!

Answer 5

We do not torture anyone as a rule. A few of our people got out of hand and they have been dealt with. No one should torture anyone during wartime or otherwise. Your question almost sounds as though you want that to happen. I pray that that thought is not in your heart and mind.

Answer 6

You will allow if you cannot do anything about that. If you can you must do it. No body allows anything that hurts him unless he has no option to stop others. If we can stop torture on us, we should stop that irrespective of whether we tortured some one or not.

Answer 7

The difference btween American torture and Iranian torture is those who get tortured by Americans have all their limbs when it is all said and done.

Answer 8

so if you could make the decision...you would allow this? from the seat i sit in...anyone willing to help control a known hot spot whether they believe it one hundred percent or not while i sit in my airconditioned house..deserves my backing..not some *** trying to piss someone off on yahoo..having someone in iraq at this very moment knowing he does it because he agreed to18 years ago..to make the world a better place for our then unborn children..just as those people have someone im sure at home who loves them and are worried sick about them in a country that is trying to get their own people riled up so they can hide the true problems within..

Answer 9

The answer of course is No. They are as much allowed to do it as the United States or any other country is.

Of course it's done.

Everytime it does happen, it weakens us as a species. It's continuation will not allow humans to evolve to their next intellectual or spiritual level.

Answer 10

Where do you get your information from, a comic book? The USA doesn't torture people. How can you say that they would be justified in using torture, are you mad?

The USA doesn't torture people! There are those that may get out of line and do something like that, but when caught, they are dealt with accordingly. If it is US policy, then where's the link?

You are far out there, huh? You have several outrageous accusations but provide no supporting links or proof.