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[sabrina 1]

59. Well, torture is against the Geneva Conventions. All of our Military are supposedly

familiarized with International Law before they go to war airc. What is the point of TEACHING that torture is wrong, if you act in opposition to what you are teaching, AND claiming to be as a nation.

I don't see how this President could believe that torture is in any way protecting this country since MOST Intel Agents have, over and over again, stated that it does not help them at all.

And even if we believe that it is helpful in protecting this country, then why do we condemn others who use torture, like Saddam eg. We were told we were going to Iraq to 'shut down Saddam's torture chambers'. Why, wouldn't he and others have the same right to protect themselves as we do?

You can see how not prosecuting War Criminals has lost us the power to set an example every time we wave a finger at any other country on Human Rights issues.

Nearly every time we make our State Department list of countries we claim are 'violating human rights' we get a strong response listing OUR OWN. China eg, has done it at least twice that I am aware of.

And see the I/P situation, when we try to admonish Netanyahu on his brutal assault on the Palestinians, we are reminded of our own War Crimes and told to go mind our own business.

So for that reason alone, if nothing else, it was essential that we demonstrate we abide by our own lecturing of others, otherwise they simply thumb their noses at us and continue to violate the rights of other human beings. We have lost power, and that is as important to our National Security as anything else, imo.