"past experience shows that that is not necessarily correct torture has worked in the past."

Good point T. The Gestapo was able to obtain information by torturing French terrorists in WWII after all, and the South African police routinely tortured ANC terrorists in the 1970's, and enemy combatants were fair game for the Japanese in WWII too - to the with the GC.

Let's face it, we can hardly complain about the treatment metered out to allied soldiers in the theatre when the gloves are off can we? No point in having a moral stance if the enemies is making life difficult for you is there? Best abandon it and get stuck in and sod the consequences.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

"Seek to impose not only their religion, but their particular version and systems of belief associated with that religion on the rest of the world"

Especially when it conflicts with us seeking to impose our particular version and system of economics associated with capitalism on the rest of the developing world.