Torture memos

[classicman]

there are two examples of my post by Redux and Sugarpop. Please note that I NEVER agreed one way or the other in post #46, but both of you, plus 2 ignored posts (I'll assume at least one of which was in reference to me) show that you all very quickly jumped to validate your opinions when they were not challenged. (and most likely one attack) Interesting.

As far as what constitutes torture and whether we should have or not, again, I have mixed opinions.

On Rant/ I am not sure we should have released the memos to the world. I know I know transparency and all that, but it seems as though the assumption on the left is that we did these things to every prisoner. The truth is probably far from that. My limited understanding is that the interrogation techniques started at the least "intrusive" and stronger ones had to be authorized by superiors before they could be implemented.
Were there abuses? Probably. Were they widespread? Probably not, but who knows. The left will attack the right with their inhumanity and the right will say they were defending & protecting the country. Reality is most likely somewhere in the middle. /Off rant