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Under the legal definition of torture the US has not authorized torture on anyone since 2000, this is not my opinion but a simple fact.
Has the USA (any recognized faction, sub-segment, branch, affiliation, or official) condoned the use of, or participated, or carried out any form of "torture" on anyone since the turn of the most recent century?
Whether the "victim" was legally or illegally detained, charged or not, stood trial or not, considered a terrorist, enemy combatant, or even a US citizen, has torture been used by the USofA as a tool or some other form of punishment?
Is the USofA guilty of using torture in any kind of scenario as the definition of torture is widely known?
Or, to put it another way, is the USofA ever justified in using using "techniques" that the majority of others in the world consider "torture",
Since the year 2000 - has the USofA tortured anyone? If you answer "yes" - do you consider it justifiable or criminal?
If you answered "no" - is it because your definition of torture is somewhat different than most others people's definition? As in, "relative to what the terrorists have been doing, there's nothing the USofA could do that would be worse or more inhumane."
PANAMA CITY, Panama -- President Bush on Monday defended U.S. interrogation practices and called the treatment of terrorism suspects lawful. "We do not torture," Bush declared in response to reports of secret CIA prisons overseas.
Bush supported an effort spearheaded by Vice President Dick Cheney to block or modify a proposed Senate-passed ban on torture.
"I was clear throughout this campaign and was clear throughout this transition that under my administration the United States does not torture," Obama said, when asked at the news conference whether he would continue the Bush administration's policy of harsh interrogation. "We will abide by the Geneva Conventions. We will uphold our highest ideals."
Has the USA (any recognized faction, sub-segment, branch, affiliation, or official) condoned the use of, or participated, or carried out any form of "torture" on anyone since the turn of the most recent century?
Whether the "victim" was legally or illegally detained, charged or not, stood trial or not, considered a terrorist, enemy combatant, or even a US citizen, has torture been used by the USofA as a tool or some other form of punishment?
Is the USofA guilty of using torture in any kind of scenario as the definition of torture is widely known?
Or, to put it another way, is the USofA ever justified in using using "techniques" that the majority of others in the world consider "torture",
Since the year 2000 - has the USofA tortured anyone? If you answer "yes" - do you consider it justifiable or criminal?
If you answered "no" - is it because your definition of torture is somewhat different than most others people's definition? As in, "relative to what the terrorists have been doing, there's nothing the USofA could do that would be worse or more inhumane."
Has the USA (any recognized faction, sub-segment, branch, affiliation, or official) condoned the use of, or participated, or carried out any form of "torture" on anyone since the turn of the most recent century?
Whether the "victim" was legally or illegally detained, charged or not, stood trial or not, considered a terrorist, enemy combatant, or even a US citizen, has torture been used by the USofA as a tool or some other form of punishment?
Is the USofA guilty of using torture in any kind of scenario as the definition of torture is widely known?
Or, to put it another way, is the USofA ever justified in using using "techniques" that the majority of others in the world consider "torture",
Since the year 2000 - has the USofA tortured anyone? If you answer "yes" - do you consider it justifiable or criminal?
If you answered "no" - is it because your definition of torture is somewhat different than most others people's definition? As in, "relative to what the terrorists have been doing, there's nothing the USofA could do that would be worse or more inhumane."
How is this a poll? It's a fact, they already admitted to doing it. Yes, we've tortured people and no, we shouldn't have.
It all depends on your definitions.
In the strict sense of the words the answer is "no"
Under the legal definition of torture the US has not authorized torture on anyone since 2000, this is not my opinion but a simple fact.
Under the legal definition of torture the US has not authorized torture on anyone since 2000, this is not my opinion but a simple fact.
Correction:Under the legal definition of torture the US has not authorized torture on anyone since 2000, this is not my opinion but a simple fact.
The US has authorized torture but slapped a different label on it.
Isn't that spiffy? Call it something else and you don't have to admit anything.
It does seem that way.Yep.
Next we'll start assassinations and call it "enhanced impeachment." Totally legal.
I love how it's all the "can't trust the government to do anything" types who are 100% faithful to the government when the government says "this is a bad person so they don't have any rights."
Yes, the US tortured...
Which might also suggest, rather strongly, that the US still does. Right?
I guess it's really an opinion... because what is and is not torture is an opinion. Is jail torture? Most people don't think so, but it sure does put a lot of people in psychological grief. Jail in bad conditions? As opposed to jail with big screen TV and comfortable beds and free education. Restricting freedom torture? Constant interrogation for hours every day?
There are many things that inflict negative stuff on a human being... we draw the line where we want to and beyond that line is considered torture or un-necessary torture.
According to many the US has tortured. So I guess that's what matters.
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