ask any former japanese pow how they feel about it.

or korean war pow

or viet nam war pow.

the viet cong were adept at the use of electricity on our pow's and at times i'm sure that 'information' saved viet cong lives.

Does that make it right? Funny how when the shoe is on the other foot the idea of torture isn't as appealing.

Is it right for us to do the same thing because we fly the american flag? because we don't actually call them pow's? because it may save american lives?

I COULD however see reason to use the black bag in singular instances where there is an imminent threat. As a policy however this makes america look extremely hypocritical. Clearly the use of torture is a human rights violation. What right would we have then to hold any other country accountable for the same such violations, north korea for example?

Lead by example.

wwjd and all that.

more importantly, wwfjd?