Thanks to everyone for sharing your views. It’s interesting reading. I’ll share my views.
The USA has condemned torture through out our history. In addition to the Geneva Convention I would suggest reading the UN Convention Against Torture that the US signed. And if you have any doubt that waterboarding is torture, trying googling ‘is waterboarding torture’ for some interesting reading.
Many have stated that these individuals, set on destroying our country and killing as many of our citizens as possible, deserve to be tortured. Frankly, I don’t think we can debate this point.
Either the US endorses and practices torture or we don’t. We either agree to stand behind the conventions we sign and endorse or we don’t. The circumstances cannot justify the ends no matter the enemy.
My view is on principle. Not if we waterboarded someone 83 times or 183 times or 1083 times. My view is… is waterboarding torture. Yes. Does it violate US and International laws that we have signed. Yes. Can it be justified because we were attacked. No.
But, that’s my opinion and this forum welcomes different thoughts.
