I'm not for it, but I'm not totally against it either. I'm still researching this issue and have not formulated an opinion quite yet. Looking for good solid responses.
Before you say that you don't support it because it is simply un-American, then please cite your reference/source for this. Also, please consider that America has never dealt with terrorists in it's history until now.
2007-12-19 16:50:26 · 6 answers · asked by Stop Global Whining! 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yes and just for the fact that I think thet probably deserve it.
It's probably better to be tortured that to just have your throat slit or have your head chopped off.
Are they looking for volunteers to do the torturing?
I'd like to apply.
2007-12-19 17:01:26 · answer #1 · answered by ♫ Bubastes, Cat Goddess♥ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends.
Torture to obtain "normal" intelligence I certainly disapprove of. It's immoral, unethical - and unreliable anyway.
However, there are "specific" occasions when I do support it.
Basically, they're the type of circumstances in which the CIA applied 'waterboarding' to the three suspects they used it on.
Namely, circumstances where there is an actual ongoing terrorist operation in progress, and the person in custody has specific operational intelligence that would enable the interogating authorities to stop it and save lives.
The SKM case was a perfect example - the IED was already built and placed, and he knew where it was. The CIA could have interrogated him in a normal way, and just taken a break to go nd clean up the bodies of the soldiers that the bomb killed - or they could waterboard him and hope he told them where it was. They did it, he talked, and the bomb killed no-one. If they'd had "days" they could have used other methods - but they only had "hours".
Richard
2007-12-20 00:59:16 · answer #2 · answered by rickinnocal 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
America has ALWAYS dealt with terrorists...the weapons and methods have changed, that's all.
And, torture of prisoners is agains the law...against our own Constitution and Civil Rights Laws, against Military Law and against the Geneva Convention Rules.
Imagine, if you will, that YOUR relative is a prisoner in Iraq or Iran or some other war venue. Would it be perfectly OK for those captors to torture your Uncle or Father or Sister?
We in America DO NOT torture human beings for any reason....... Of course, then there's Bush and Co who have practically raped our Constitution and broken almost every civil rights law on the books.
Just because Bush and Co are thugs, criminals and traitors doesn't mean what they adhere to is right.
2007-12-20 01:32:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
That depends on your definition of "TORTURE."
Physical detention can be considered "TORTURE" by some.
altering sleep patterns, and keeping a room uncomfortably to hot or to cold can be considered torture.
Not providing enough protein in detainees diets, or not providing big fluffy pillows and mattresses can be considered torture--along with BLARING ROCK MUSIC.
Even the threat of physical violence or death can considered torture..
To me ---Torture is when they smash your teeth out or run a drill through your hand or burn your skin with hot irons or even put a Cigarette out in your EYE.
If I have good reason to suspect that a person has information and is also a KNOWN Terrorist or even supports known terrorist.
I have no problem with any of the above and would suggest a few more options.
I do draw the line at torturing his or her family members in front of them to obtain information.---unless that person is also a known terrorist themselves.
To me that is just plain wrong---of course Al-queada and other radical Islamist groups do not seem to have such an issue.---So I might have to rethink that myself.
2007-12-20 01:03:20 · answer #4 · answered by kejjer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you seen the video of the terrorists chopping the head off of that guy they kidnapped? If not check out Michael Savage's website. He has it on there. Then tell me what you think. He was awake and screaming and they started on the sides and the back so that he was awake for the whole thing. He screamed his head off. They cut it off with a big knife with a sawing motion, not a chop, like you would think, and then it was off, no they sawed it off and it took them a few minutes to do it. I would love to torture some terrorists.
2007-12-20 01:00:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, because torture is not a reliable method for achieving anything.
And you are wrong about there never being any terrorists before. Look up Symbionese Liberation Army. Just one example.
2007-12-20 01:08:41 · answer #6 · answered by raichasays 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋