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Old 05-08-2007, 13:00 PM   #6 (permalink)
Shipwreck
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Originally Posted by The Black Ghost View Post
Depends on the kind of torture being used...and it comes down to military decision in a battle-situtation, or when lives are at stake...like learbning the location of hidden bomb.
For a variety of reasons, torture is NOT something US servicemembers are allowed to do, whatever the *battle-situation* may be.

It's a moral and operational imperative for the entire chain of command to reinforce this very basic principle in our armed forces.
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