>>Instead of definitions of torture, look at its
consequences.
I cited one consequence. Khalid Sheik Mohammed
talked. Many of his statements were corroborated
and included in the 9/11 Commission Report.
Ask yourself why the US would want to use torture
on a handful of al-Qaeda? Because it often works,
or it works often enough to make it potentially
useful.
There wouldn't have been a push to expand harsh
interrogation techniques if they weren't useful.
Why take the Propaganda War hit for torture if it
doesn't work?
Your statement that, "The US now has several
thousand CIA and military persons who have learned
how to torture" is factually untrue. Only a small
number of people are certified for harsh
interrogation techniques. The rest, if caught, get
the slammer.
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