2007-10-10 05:52:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
No, I think it just makes the others angrier, the same way we would be angry when another country does that to us.
2007-10-10 06:00:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let's think of the logic of that for a second.
Before they were captured, enemy combatants were prepared to kill American troops. How much "unsafer" could they be if they were tortured? Would enemy combatants kill American troops twice?
On the other hand, if torturing (and you would have to define what constitutes torture) leads to enemy combatants giving up information that could save American troops, then that would make us safer.
2007-10-10 13:15:19 · answer #2 · answered by Pythagoras 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could, but it's used the wrong way. Torture is not good at getting intelligence, but it's good at persuading people not to do something. One of the main fears of the terrorists was to go to Gitmo or a secret prison. That scared them more than death itself. Opening up the information and shutting down Gitmo and the secret prisons was one of the worst things that could have happened against the terrorists.
The terrorists have been torturing ang killing Americans for ages. Being nice to them never changed anything.
2007-10-10 13:27:27 · answer #3 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not about the troops
2007-10-10 13:00:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋