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A Few Words in Defense of Torture

January 6, 2008 - 12:00 am - by Burt Prelutsky
Kevin
2008-01-06 13:04:39

All this babble on the use of torture being wrong. I have noticed that the majority of those against torture are relativists. You say torture, I say appropriate intelligence gathering method. The fact that the “terrorists” are in fact irregular combatants obviously is lost by some. Irregular combatants are not guaranteed the same protection as lawful combatants, in other words soldiers wearing a nations uniform in obvious site. But then these same “terrorists” don’t recognize any part of the Geneva Convention in regards to warfare, except when it might benefit them. I myself am more offended at the idea that the military guards handle the prisoners’ korans with gloves, less their infidel hands sully the *coughing* religion of peace’s manifesto. They are getting off far lighter than any non-muslim in their nation.