Thread: "The US Does Not Torture"

From Universal Mind
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.

What's the difference between an innocent man who knows nothing and a terrorist who refuses to say anything? The idea that interrogative torture is not abusive because the victim can 'escape' assumes that one knows without a reasonable doubt that the prisoner possesses the information you need to get from him. This kind of certainty is very rare, and the logic would condemn any torture that is committed without such certainty.

Universal Mind is somewhat right regarding Iran. That country is an Islamic Republic, ruled by Ayatollah Khomeini and traditional Islamic Law. It is a theocracy. Whether it is fascistic or not, I'm not really sure, but it is certainly not a free state. If their government funds terrorists, their goals, however, are purely selfish, and not, in my opinion, likely to originate from crazed megalomania.