Headline in local paper reads "Torture is alright, AP poll finds". Since when did a poll define what is right and what is wrong, or in this case, what is alright? Torturing terrorism suspects is justified in rare instances, according to this AP source. 61 percent of Americans surveyed agreed that torture is justified on rare occasions.
From the Deseret News:
The church "condemns inhumane treatment of any person under any circumstances," said church spokesman Dale Bills. "The church has not taken a position on any proposed legislative or administrative actions regarding torture." (Thursday, November 24, 2005)...
War is hell, indeed and the type of wars being waged in these latter-days are especially hellish. All is fair in the book of terroism. How do you wage war against people who can justify any action to accomplish their purposes? Where does interrogation cross the line into torture? Hard questions. When in the interests of many are the rights of the individual abrogated? These are decisions that belong to an omnipotent judge, but ones that our soldiers and their leaders may face on a battlefield unlike any that has before existed.
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