What is your principal objection to Torture?

[Xyzse]

85. I don't condone it, but understand why it is used.

It is morally wrong to do.
It also produces sketchy information.

However, given certain situations, particularly time sensitive matters, I see why it is used.
The idea is the balance between the carrot and the stick.

See, for long term informational purposes, it is best to create a rapport with whomever you are trying to interrogate.
For quick situations, where lives are on the line within say seconds, minutes, hours or even the span of a few days, I can see why some would opt for torture.

I still don't condone it, nor do I think it should be done, but information gathered from torture is a crap-shoot.
It gives information or direction where there might have been none to begin with.
When faced with a scenario, where there is no credible information, where the idea is doing something or doing nothing, many opt to doing something, even acting on bad information, it is basically a verification method.

So, that's where I'm at. I don't condone it, it is morally reprehensible, and the information is suspect and not really credible, but faced in a crisis situation, I see why people do it, as a means of finding a direction to go to(even if the end result is choosing not to act).
It is still wrong, but I can understand and empathize the why.