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Originally Posted by RocHard
A lot of US bashers came out after this was exposed. However, this is not how our military acts. I'm a former US Marine, and I doubt the rules have changed all that much. This was not acceptable behavior no matter what. I find it hard to believe that "these orders came from higher up" beacause no one in their right mind would follow them.
Unless they were sick or sadistic.
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TODAY:
US 'should not rule out torture'
Outgoing US head of Homeland Security Tom Ridge
Ridge said information extracted by torture could be unreliable
The outgoing head of the US Department of Homeland Security has said torture may be used in certain cases in order to prevent a major loss of life.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4175713.stm