Of and relating to "Torture" in a War on Terror

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Likewise as anyone who buries their head in the sand of ignorance is a sick -whatever foul language you subscribe to enter that word here - who is a disgrace to mankind.

I think the ignorance is on your part. The whole aim of Al Qaeda was to take down the West. What utter brilliance it takes to then play their game by their rules. By playing the game of torture we only help their propaganda machine and prove them correct that we are the barbarians.

A: Why torture terrorists?
B: Because they will destroy our way of life.
A: So to stop them destroying our freedoms we will take away their rights and freedoms for security.
B: Correct.
A: Don' we lose our freedoms too?
B: If you aren't doing anything wrong you have nothing to hide?
A: So to stop my freedoms from being destroyed I have to give them all up?
B: Correct.
A: So how do we know they have done the bad things.
B: Their neighbours told us.
A: The ones we paid money to tell us who the bad guys are.
B: Right.
A: But what if the neighbours were the terrorists and sold out the good guys?
B: We use intelligence to figure that out.
A: The same intelligence that figured out 9/11 was going to happen?
B: No, a different intelligence.
A: Which is?
B: Well we torture the illegal combatants until they tell us the truth.
A: So you torture them to figure out if they really are the bad guys?
B: Correct.
A: But what if they don't cooperate?
B: We torture them some more until they do.
A: So how do you tell if they are good guys who don't know anything.
B: We only torture those who are in prison.
A: But I thought we hadn't determined yet if they were actually bad guys.
B: Well if they are in prison they must be.
A: Ah, I see its like the witches in the middle ages. You tie a rope to their feet, throw them in water and if they float back up they are a witch and get burned at the stake.
B: What happens if they stay down?
A: They drown.
B: Hmm, gives me a good idea for the next round of water torture. If they refuse to talk and drown they must be a terrorist. Brilliant, thanks you really help me think properly with my gray matter.