Camberwick Green, or Trumpton, that's where I believe most of you live having read down through this thread.

Your views on "Torture" are based on comic book interpretations of torture for torture's sake.

The one thing that you are showing that you know nothing about whatsoever is interrogation of someone who has been trained to withstand it.

The other thing that you are pointedly ignoring are the circumstances under which interrogation is required.

"They already have methods other than torture that work better than torture, and that don't compromise our military people overseas. There is absolutely no reason to torture, except to force people to say things that aren't true." - CarolC

That is the most stupid remark that I think I've heard on the subject.

Ask anybody who has been through SERE training what they are advised to do if captured and interrogated. I take it that this training still goes on, which means that Obama will allow US Forces personnel to be "tortured" by US Instructors, but not the "enemies" of the USA - ludicrous.