Two Reasons not to Torture
Everybody knows reason number one. Torture is wrong.
But there is another reason- a practical reason, why the U.S. should be doing everything in our power to ensure that our prisoners of war (and enemy combatants, and anyone else we’re holding) are treated humanely.
This essay is a really good explanation of how, by treating our prisoners well, the U.S. was once able to ensure that our own soldiers, and soldiers in other countries around the world, are also treated humanely.
When the C.I.A. Played by the Rules
It’s a good read.
mom said,
November 17, 2005 @ 10:27 pm
I don’t understand why people are so concerned about this kind of stuff when there is so much other garbage going on at home. Child predators/killers, Eminent Domain abused and pushing people out of their homes. My coments on allgrownup.blogstream.com