Waterboarding is torture. The other techniques require the use of occassional chains, slapping, and blindfolding. If it is not torture, which those may not necessarily be, they are in the least unusual if not cruel. I do not oppose them because they violate the Geneva conventions. If they do, fine, if they don't, so what. We have a Constitution in this country that says no cruel and unusual punishment. While that is often interpreted as a right given to our citizens, I believe it is also a command. We can not experience those punishments based on our 6th Amendment. What do we think gives us the right to conduct those practices on someone else? I think the Constitution tells us not to use those techniques and so I agree with them being banned as they already are based on the Constitution.
As for the photos, what idiot decided to take not just a few pictures, but thousands. The torture was wrong, but taking photos was perhaps the dumbest option for someone who was there to take. I will give the person closest to the photos right now a little hint: burn them. End the arguement, risk your job over it, but we can not allow Nancy Pelosi and others to get their way and give our enemies ammunition for recruitment. It is as simple as that. You may lose your job I understand, but it will be a brave sacrafice for our nation's security.
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