Can someone explain to me the difference between American right and left?

[Uday]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Both parties support the light torture of a small number of individuals who are threats to the USA.

Torture is torture. You do it for a good reason, soon you do it for a bad reason. It is evil, and evil acts are not justified by results. "The ends do not justify the means".

Once you throw away your principles once, it get easier and easier to do it. In this case, amendment VIII, which make no exception for national security.