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What did we learn from the Korean and Vietnam wars? How to torture people, of course, but we learned wrong on when to apply the application of torture. What the Red Army already knew was that torture was no good for extracting information, but that is not the reason they used those techniques. All they were going for were false confessions which they could use in their propaganda. On the other hand, we use them for the very reason the Communists didnt - To extract information, and of course, when people are tortured, they will do anything to make it stop, including making up whatever "facts" necessary to stop it.
Aside from the pragmatic fact that we should not torture because it does not work, we should also not do it because it is repugnant and immoral. Once upon a time, America was looked up to because we represented a higher moral standard. That is no longer the case. We have lost our standing as the world's moral leader.
Article is here.
Aside from the pragmatic fact that we should not torture because it does not work, we should also not do it because it is repugnant and immoral. Once upon a time, America was looked up to because we represented a higher moral standard. That is no longer the case. We have lost our standing as the world's moral leader.
Article is here.