Each of you, I'm sure, have your own thoughts on torture--whether it's right or wrong to torture prisoners during wartime. There are so many "technicalities" involved here - what's the definition of "torture"? What's "wartime"? Are we at war in Iraq? Or, is it an "occupation"? Questions notwithstanding, this post references a power story...
‘You have to twist your mind up so much to justify doing that’
It’s extremely difficult to feel sympathy for those who commit heinous acts, even in a time of war, but it’s nevertheless worth remembering the impact torture has on the torturers. The American interrogator was afraid. Of what and why, he couldn’t say. He was riding the L train in Chicago, and his throat was closing. In Iraq, [...]
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