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Thread #122004 Message #2670396
Posted By: PoppaGator
03-Jul-09 - 04:11 AM
Thread Name: BS: US soldier kidnapped in Afghanstan
Subject: RE: BS: US soldier kidnapped in Afghanstan
I hate to burst anybody's bubble, but there is a lot of very justifiable doubt that torture ~ OR "enhanced interrogation" (torture lite?) ~ produces anything except satisfaction for some people's frustration and/or bloodlust.
Whatever "intelligence" comes out of the exercise is not especially likely to be objectively true. It might be true, it might not, but it is almost certain to verify/justify the interrogators' preconceived notions, even when those preconceptions are completely unfounded.
As long as the subject remains strong, brave, and true to his compatriots, he won't say anything. When he's broken/weakened/"persuaded," he'll say anything ~ generally, whatever he thinks his "handlers" want to hear.
Ask John McCain about this.
That said, I'm sure that we all hope and pray that the young soldier is successfully rescued.