The torture going on was every bit as bad when Saddam was Washingtron's blue-eyes boy, as has been the case, and continues to be the case in in so many other countries. Building up a torturer and then cutting him down many years later is not the best way to stop torture. Nor is using torture as a technique yourself (directly or sub-contracted to friendly torturing allies) a good way of discouraging the practice.

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