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Originally posted by tabs
To SAVE America, to SAVE American Lives, To SAVE the American Way of Life you bet I would Torture a fanatical enemy bent on the destruction of America...It comes down to either it is him or it's going to be us..
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We are not talking about what you or I would do in the heat of the moment, in a dire circumstance with no other options. We are talking about American policy, about setting up American torture chambers, we are talking about debasing America and everything it has stood for since the founding fathers spilled blood for freedom and liberty. We are talking about America in the torture business.
If a bus full of schoolchildren were headed off a cliff, would I do whatever it took to stop it? Of course, but I don't live in an action movie, and its unlikely I or anyone else wil confront that situation.
Let's talk about real life, not some cowboy fantasy. Let's talk about a Halliburton subsidiary building waterboards to sell to the American Military, lets talk about training manuals that describe how to inflict the maximum amount of pain while keeping your victim alive, let's talk about military schools where the finer points of making humans suffer are discussed and debated, let's talk about awarding contracts for building torture facilities. That's what you are advocating, and its not some action hero fantasy. Unless your heros are Nazis.
Like I said, that's not America, and never will be.