Whether or not its torture, and personally I think it is, maltreatment of any kind of POWs or suspected criminals is unlawful.
We don't do that, its why we have a sense of moral superiority.
If we sink to the level of the terrorists, of whom there are barely a few hundred actual hardcore AQ terrorists so we really don't need to to beat them, we have no right to lecture them.
The problem is that there are people that can and will take advantage of other people's generosity. They are motivated by religion, ideology, or greed. They want more power for their own motives and will force their will on a weaker people.
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, yes we know.
The OP would be better titled 'We got the guy who killed Americans, but he's not going to be prosecuted because we are so stupid we broke our own laws'
Last edited by Dilbert_X (2009-02-09 05:23:14)