Kudos to Republican Senators John McCain, Lindsay Graham, and John Warner for sponsoring and supporting legislation that sets clear rules for the treatment and interrogation of terrorism suspects in U.S. custody. The legislation comes in the form of amendments to a bill that sets Defense Department policy.
Vice President Cheney is leading the current administration's opposition to this legislation. Shame on him and anyone else in this administration who refuses to accept responsibility for
making it clear to the world that the policies that led to the abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Graihb will not be condoned.
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Other than the moral and ethical problems with torture. Pragmatically the problem with torture is that it does not get the desired result. It only makes the person say what you want them to say, not necessarily what you need to know. No matter what information you get it is impossible to determine if it is the truth or fiction. A truly civilized society would never condone or accept its use. But as Gore Vidal (I could be mistaken on the source) "The more religious a country becomes the more barbaric it becomes."
Patrick M. Prescott
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