America does not torture.
I have believed that most of my adult life and was proud of
the fact that we as a nation stood above those that behaved like barbarians
devoid of any humanity.
I also believed and still believe that torture does not
produce results; it just makes no logical sense. During religious inquisitions
in our history, the accused were tortured to confess that they were really
working for the devil; once they confessed, they were burned at the stake…many
confessed just to end the torture as I imagine, many do today.
The Senate report released by the Democrats (not bipartisan)
described some pretty gruesome torturing techniques. The purpose of releasing
such a report we are told by the Democrats, was to show the world how
transparent as a nation we are and that this type of behavior will never happen
again.
The news media and the White House warned that there will be
repercussions and put everyone on alert…why?
Do terrorists that behead people on a regular basis give a
shit that we tortured people? Do you really think people are surprised that
after 9/11 we tortured people…really?
I think that immediately after the 9/11 events the CIA just
went nuts…the sky is falling…and were willing to do about anything to prevent
more attacks. Basically they were reacting and not really thinking; I can’t
really blame them although I did expect a little more professionalism from
them.
The report and the ensuing hubbub is pure political bullshit
with absolutely no redeeming value for our nation and for world peace.
I am becoming more and more disillusioned with the people
supposedly running our country. They are definitely not smart and sometimes not
even adult…what now.
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