Regarding Interrogation....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/27/AR2005092701527.html
This guy says it well, with background that qualifies him to say it. Why, indeed, do we wallow with the swine when we don't have to? Nice to see a veteran of the latest wars with this kind of view.
This guy says it well, with background that qualifies him to say it. Why, indeed, do we wallow with the swine when we don't have to? Nice to see a veteran of the latest wars with this kind of view.
posted by Harry at 10:21 AM
2 Comments:
Yes. He is directly to the point.
There have been times I sought to justify torture etc. It's not hard to construct a thought experiment in which torture becomes the most moral choice. But even then, it is a symptom of desperation. And how can we fall into that, when we don't know that the future holds even worse desperation?
I can guess under what conditions I would be rendered weak enough to coerce information. Those conditions are not met by any imprisonment circumstance at this time.
Our use of torture puts the lie to all of the talk about freedom and democracy on the march. The revelations of Abu Ghraib and possibly Guantanamo have a whole generation of people in the Middle East completely disbelieving the American line. I wonder how Karen Hughes is expecting to effectively combat this kind of thing on her feel good PR tour of the Middle East.
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