Torture memos

[classicman]

Originally Posted by sugarpop

Of course they knew it was torture. They were warned by more than one source that it was. They just had to try and justify it because that's what Cheney wanted. I think it is all his doing.

12:33am responding to Merc

Originally Posted by classicman
IF waterboarding produced a positive outcome then this administration could be pressured to use it in the future if a key operative were captured. If they did not and something terrible happened, they would be blamed. Right or wrong, for political reasons (among others) this administration does NOT want a credible link.

12:35am responding to the above.

Originally Posted by sugarpop

No, they wouldn't, because they know they can get more reliable information by other methods. Torture is proven to be unreliable. By the gods! I can't believe some of you actually believe torture is OK.

This was not posted till 2:09PM this afternoon.

Originally Posted by sugarpop

King Abdullah of Jordan said yesterday that they had actually been able to turn some members of al Qaeda and got them to work FOR them. They damn sure didn't get them to do that by torturing them.

Originally Posted by sugarpop

Is my language that hard to understand, or are you just giving me a hard time?

Yes, no. (Is my answer hard to follow :p)

I'm just trying to follow you. You are all over the place again and your timeline doesn't add up. It would appear that you were referring to the posts you quoted and now you are saying otherwise... hence the confusion.
I think I got ya now, moving along.