Comments on: Flying around wondering about secret prisons

By: patrick stone

patrick stone — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 08:27:59 +0000

“I would favor torture techniques (even to death) for individuals known to have information regarding eminent danger to our national security. ”

Is that a joke? If we hate terrorists so much, why do we insist on acting like them?

Sorry, your logic eludes me.

By: pissedbroad

pissedbroad — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 23:58:07 +0000

aha.
i do not capitalize for two reasons.
1. i’m lazy.
2. it looks like my voice sounds.
xxxooo

By: Trevor

Trevor — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 21:13:12 +0000

I strongly disagree with you CL. Torturing the enemy makes you the same as him. I like to think we have a more civilized and therefore meritorious society.

Cultures and philosophies that promote torture, murder, etc. are not palatable and I will fight them.

I don’t watch much TV. No time. Life it too short.

If the U.S. does have organized torture/murder facilities I will do everything in my power to ensure they are dismantled and outlawed.

By: cl

cl — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 13:09:36 +0000

I would favor torture techniques (even to death) for individuals known to have information regarding eminent danger to our national security. However, I don’t think that torturing someone for the location of Usama Bin Laden is reasonable.

If you watch the TV show 24, there was an underground D.O.D. class 3 detention facility on one of the shows. Sure it is TV, but the ideas come from somewhere. I wouldn’t be surprised if the U.S. had such facilities.

By: Mustang

Mustang — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 02:44:13 +0000

I don’t know if Patrick’s comment has any merit or not. Now that I’m retired from the Corps, I have no “sources” who are in a position to say one way or the other. Like Trevor, I hope it isn’t true. Logically, I cannot imagine the Saudi Government’s willingness to torture for the US CIA because the Saudis are the principal source of funding for every terrorist (Wahabbist) group in the world. Why would they torture one of their own slime? Of course, I keep asking why any of the royal family would be so welcome to visit at the President’s house, too. Hell, I can’t even get an invite to those digs and I voted for him.