It's Our Cage, Too - Torture Betrays Us and Breeds New Enemies

These assertions that "torture works" may reassure a fearful public, but it is a false security. We don't know what's been gained through this fear-driven program. But we do know the consequences.

As has happened with every other nation that has tried to engage in a little bit of torture -- only for the toughest cases, only when nothing else works -- the abuse spread like wildfire, and every captured prisoner became the key to defusing a potential ... Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
4.2
by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The story is a reality based view of torture. It leaves out questions as to whether torture works or promotes false evidence. The implicit line of thinking is that it is bad because it recruits more terrorists and it is based upon fear. Ethics, human dignity, an international law escape mention. It only refers to torture views of Republican candidates, and omits views on the torture topic from Democratic candidates.

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