Was It Really Torture, Or Was It An Expedient Way To Get Information. Was It Legal? Is All The Fuss Political?

[Mawrth]

Go read this. And then tell me you believe rape and child molestation to be 'legal' torture.http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/05/report_unrealeased_abu_ghraib.htmlPlease. Defend that. Because I can't.

[Manfrit]

People being tortured will say anything to get it to stop. It is most certainly NOT an expedient way to get information.http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090529/us_time/09171190149100;_ylt=AnXNt3cfAvzsuwFcH5ozRjeSFs0F;_ylu=X3oDMTJzazlkZm5rBGFzc2V0Ay90aW1lLzIwMDkwNTI5L3VzX3RpbWUvMDkxNzExOTAxNDkxMDAEY3BvcwM0BHBvcwM0BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDaG93ZG95b3VtYWtlI don't know if it is/was legal. I do know that there is no excuse for what we did - it went way past defensible into out and out animalistic behavior.If speaking out against the raping of children mulitiple times is considered a "political fuss", I have great fear for this country.