Thread: "The US Does Not Torture"

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

So...(at the risk of keeping this thread on it's intended track. There is just too much that has been said that I disagree with, but not much that touched on the actual issue)...no one has convinced me that the Administration is right to tell the American people that "The U.S. Does Not Torture."

Then please tell me how threatening severe pain that can be escaped by doing the right thing is synonymous with the causing of severe pain.

I chose the "not sure" option in the poll because I don't know what is really going on behind the scenes. But as far as what the government admits to doing, it is not torture.