Bush: Torture was right because it got results

[kandr]

Torture may get results but that doesn't make it right. Can someone remind me exactly what we are fighting for?

Oil

[TimberWolf]

Torture may get results but that doesn't make it right. Can someone remind me exactly what we are fighting for?

Or for that matter what they are fighting for.

[kandr]

I thought they used a sword.

Waterboarding may sound harmless but it's a bit more than quick dunk.

According to Justice Department documents, the waterboarding of Khalid Sheik Mohammed provided information about an unrealized terrorist attack on Los Angeles.

I rest my case.

Verdict : I am right!

[SupremeSpod]

Spod has never been in that position.

Do you really think your comments about me not being an Officer are insulting to me?

[TimberWolf]

According to Justice Department documents, the waterboarding of Khalid Sheik Mohammed provided information about an unrealized terrorist attack on Los Angeles.

I rest my case.

Verdict : I am right!

I think it is unlikely someone being tortured would provide unrealised information. It sounds like a cruising for a bruising to me. Better just to stick with lies.

[Mich the Tester]

According to Justice Department documents, the waterboarding of Khalid Sheik Mohammed provided information about an unrealized terrorist attack on Los Angeles.

I rest my case.

Verdict : I am right!

Yep, so Khalid says there'll be an attack on Los Angeles, so that attack is prevented and the waterboarding stops. Great tactic if you're being waterboarded; tell them about one attack and then they'll stop. Or just lie. You don't need to tell them about any other plans. Of course, if they don't stop torturing you when you tell them a tale, there's no point in telling them anything anyway.

[kandr]

Yep, so Khalid says there'll be an attack on Los Angeles, so that attack is prevented and the waterboarding stops. Great tactic if you're being waterboarded; tell them about one attack and then they'll stop. Or just lie. You don't need to tell them about any other plans. Of course, if they don't stop torturing you when you tell them a tale, there's no point in telling them anything anyway.

Quid pro quo.

[sasguru]

Do you really think your comments about me not being an Officer are insulting to me?

No I'm merely pointing out that your inability to see the point is due to a limitation of your intellectual apparatus and that probably accounts for you not being an officer.

[GreenLabel]

Its a valid question, and as lots of Governments over the world use this method, I think they should be trusted more than some random Wikipedia addict. They hire very intelligent people, (reading the fallacy wikipediia article wouldn't qualify you for a job there btw)

Your arguments are based on a lie. Everyone knows that no government, anywhere, at any time, has ever hired an intelligent person.

[Mich the Tester]

Quid pro quo.

Oh that makes it alright then