Thread: "The US Does Not Torture"

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Lol. UM...

Say I was a mob boss, and one of my goons caught you sneaking around my house, trying to get into my safe. He then brings you up to me, bound and gagged, and says "What you want I should do with this guy, boss?" and, without missing a beat, I say "Take him out to the docks and empty a clip in him. Make sure he's never found."

Now, say the conversation was eavesdropped upon, by the Feds. The would-be thief is killed, but I'm caught on tape, giving the order...

What...do you think I'm just going to get off, scott-free? No. I'm going to get a murder charge. Whether you agree or not, shipping people off to be tortured, is a torture policy, no matter what kind of a liability loophole they want to try to cover it up with.

I'm just saying that we don't do the torturing, as far as I know. But handing over terrorists to torturers sounds like a nice happy medium. I wish I had their email addresses so I could send them some ideas.