I assume some of the people tortured were terrorists, willing to blow themselves up to kill americans. If they don't value their lives, why should we value theirs? Especially if they are trying to kill us?
Second, I'm sure that Al Qaeda, Taliban, etc. don't follow the rules that the Western world sets and fewer people hate them for their larger human rights violations than the torture of a few innocents that the US committed.
I'm fine with the torture, although I'd hope they get better at determining innocent vs. guilty.
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[quote]I assume some of the people tortured were terrorists, willing to blow themselves up to kill americans. If they don't value their lives, why should we value theirs? Especially if they are trying to kill us?[/quote] As someone who has read over half the actual document released by the State Department I can safely say that your assumption is on the whole, completely incorrect. Here is a screenshot of one of the pages directly from the document in which it details some of the "prisoners" they held then later released. [IMG]http://i61.tinypic.com/dqjg3p.jpg[/IMG]