On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:41:47 -0700, Chris Gehlker <[email protected]>
wrote:
> If you think it's effective and still find abhorrent you are unique or  
> nearly so.

Then you're clearly trying hard not to hear my point. Let me simplify it:

1. A detainee either knows what you want to find out, or doesn't
2. Under torture, he may tell you the truth - effective - or he fabricates
something to end the torture - ineffective

I see, from reading below in the thread, that you're defining effective in
broader terms than I was - whether it proves, overall, a positive
contribution or a negative in our strategic objectives; I was considering
it tactically... does it, in the individual instance, reach a specific
objective. If the former, then I completely agree - in the big picture,
it's completely counterproductive, immoral and abhorent. I thought we were
discussing the latter - whether it ever leads to specific, objective facts
(which, logic would dictate, it may).

I think we're just arguing in circles.

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