Originally Posted by galleryseek

unfortunately in any war, whether the cause be good or bad, there will be a need for information and torture is a route taken. i don't agree with it but who am I to say what method is effective and what isn't. it's all about the circumstance, if my girlfriend were kidnapped and stored away somewhere with limited time to live and i found the kidnapper, i'd torture him to obtain the information. i'm sure circumstances are different, but in a war that drags out longer and longer (which means us casualties) - taking any means necessary to obtain the information we need from those who we know are the enemies which wish to kill us, doesn't seem like such a horrible act.