re: I cannot believe you would support torture of American soldiers

You notice the troll dropped this POS then never returned, Toddy like in that respect.

You're right... if we're just a little nicer to terrorists they'll surely play be the rules!

Isis has produced some fancy torture training videos, you should check them out...
Slow burning man in cage
Dipping cage full of people in swimming pool
Locking 6 people in a car and using it for rocket propelled grenade practice
Dragging people through streets until they die

I didn't realize ISIS played by any rules or was a signatory to the Geneva Convention or the UN's proclamations on torture.

And we don't/didn't torture. We used/use enhanced interrogation tactics. Just because a bunch of lazy Congress persons can't handle it doesn't make it wrong. By that rationale, making a terrorist run a 5k would be torture.

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That's why they receive SERE training.

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The majority of the military takes a CBT that's it

That shite isn't going to help.

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Cept islamists aren't adhering to those rules...

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anymore than the Japanese and Vietnamese did

"Two days after the September 11 attacks, Young was inspired by President George W. Bush to enlist in the United States Army. There he hoped to earn money for college through the G.I. Bill and, in his words, "exact some form of retribution"[3] on those who caused 9/11."

On April 4, 2004,[1] five days after being sent to Iraq, Young was shot while riding in an open, unarmored truck during an ambush staged by rebels in Sadr City. One of the bullets pierced his spine and left him paralyzed from the chest down.[4]

The Last Letter[edit]


"I write this letter, my last letter, to you, Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney. I write not because I think you grasp the terrible human and moral consequences of your lies, manipulation and thirst for wealth and power. I write this letter because, before my own death, I want to make it clear that I, and hundreds of thousands of my fellow veterans, along with millions of my fellow citizens, along with hundreds of millions more in Iraq and the Middle East, know fully who you are and what you have done. You may evade justice but in our eyes you are each guilty of egregious war crimes, of plunder and, finally, of murder, including the murder of thousands of young Americans—my fellow veterans—whose future you stole.
—Tomas Young, The Last Letter [5]
In March 2013, Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges published an interview with Young about his worldview and circumstances.[1] Young was in hospice care at the time of the interview, which was conducted at his home in Kansas City. Although he has contemplated suicide on various occasions, he decided "to go on hospice care, to stop feeding and fade away. This way, instead of committing the conventional suicide and I am out of the picture, people have a way to stop by or call and say their goodbyes."[1] He later changed his mind, saying "I want to spend as much time as possible with my wife, and no decent son wants his obituary to read that he was survived by his mother."[2]

That same month, on the tenth anniversary of the Iraq War, Truthdig published "The Last Letter"[6] by Young directed towards George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. In the letter, Young accused Bush and Cheney of war crimes; says that millions of Americans and Iraqis know "who you [Bush and Cheney] are and what you have done"; condemned "the inadequate and often inept care provided by the Veterans Administration" saying: "I have, like many other disabled veterans, come to realize that our mental and physical wounds are of no interest to you, perhaps of no interest to any politician. We were used. We were betrayed. And we have been abandoned." He further stated his belief that he and other veterans were viewed as expendable by the Bush Administration and ended by expressing hope that U.S. leaders will have the courage to apologize for the damage wrought by the war."[6]

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The majority of the military takes a CBT that's it

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You mean the majority of the armed forces that will never be in a position of needing SERE techniques.

What are you say light oak leaf

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After reading the comments on this board about Trump's support of torture of captured terrorists, the majority opinion is that you don't care because the torture will be of terrorists, and either (A) they deserve it, or (B) we just might learn something useful after the torture, and maybe, just maybe, save lives down the road.
But, I would ask you to think of it from the American soldier's viewpoint. If the United States soldier, airman, sailor or marine is captured, what will be their fate? Will they suffer 'enhanced interrogation,' also known as torture, because their captors think they deserve it, they might learn something useful and maybe they can save lives on their side of the battle.
Because so few Americans are now serving in the military, and so few of the military are in front line combat missions, the number of people who understand this stark reality are few. Having been in that front line (admittedly a long time ago), I believed and still believe, that if we treat enemy combatants taken prisoner humanely, that the other side will be motivated to do the same.
If, however, we endorse torture as our routine practice, then we can expect that to happen to our servicemen and women, who are taken prisoner. All it takes is for a helicopter part to go bad, or an engine to go sour, and BAM, down you go behind enemy lines. It's what our servicemen and women face every time they undertake the mission. We citizens, sitting here in our peaceful homes at our computers, should think about those who risk their lives, and declare that we are NOT for torture, in the hopes that our nation will not be seen as barbaric, and therefore our servicemen and women will not be subjected to the same evil practices.

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Obama, is that you?