If you check out item #6, in my post immediately below this one, it compliments this one quite well.
These were taken from the following sites:
The New York Times
The Wichita Times
USA Today
10.) crankerz wrote: I approve of these actions but only against terrorists. If we are 90 percent sure or higher that they helped kill civilians, then great. Anybody else, no way. The only moral casualty is the grey-area 10 percent. I can live with that based on the fact we are at war. [the main casualty here, actually, is the gray area between yer earz, crankerz]
9.) anonymous wrote: Waterboarding leaves no permanent injury. [false, and irrelevant]
Also, we are using this practice selectively. We have not used it against anyone who had full, Geneva Convention POW Status. [blurring the issue, appeal to technicalities]
Also, we have not allowed military personel to use this method. [irrelevant]
Other countries have no power, under treaty or otherwise, to tell us how to handle terrorist criminals not covered under the Geneva Conventions. [well, in your warped “might makes right” universe, that really depends on how big a gun they have to point at us, doesn’t it?]
8.) Jon n Little Elm wrote: I guess I will always be in the minority, because I believe If it saves American’s lives then do whatever is necessary. Because these animals will do it to Americans and other innocent people. [don’t worry about the minority part - you need all your brain power to keep your autonomic reflexes going]
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