How do you feel about US military using torture tactics?
We cannot point to countries who torture their enemies and condemn them if we perform torture also. We must treat enemy solders and civilians and terrorists in the same way we would want our troops and civilians treated if the situations were reversed. This does not guarantee our citizens will not be tortured or killed, but it is the only rational way to behave. We should set the example. Torture benefits nobody. Many considered the treatment of the Guantanamo Bay detainees torture, but it was not. The line between torture and pressure is very grey and wide. There are many definitions. Is a stark but livable diet torture? Is humiliation torture? Is denial of sleep torture? Is religious desecration torture? None of this is pleasant to think about, but people use the word “torture” more freely than they should. There are obvious torture tactics such as beatings, physical injury, “russian roullette”, etc, which most societies agree are wrong. Pressure must be brought to bear during interr
