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Old 05-06-2011, 09:58 PM   #1
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From an article in The Washington Post titled "How a Detainee Became an Asset"...
Information was so good that it took almost ten years to understand it? Of course not. Posted was a half story. Reality was so buried in myths and lies as to be all but useless. It took almost ten years and tens of millions of dollars to separate reality from the lies. Meanwhile, those who did not use torture had truth in less than one year - often in less than one month. Fine dinners more effective at extracting truths. A reality that cannot be understood when feelings replace facts and experience.

Zero reasons prove nothing useful from torture. Torture only muddies the waters. Torture makes finding truth nearly impossible. It took almost ten years to finally filter out reality because some idiot used torture.

Fine dinners do more to extract the truth. But that contradicts what a TV show called "24" taught our current flock of 'experts'.
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Old 05-09-2011, 06:21 AM   #2
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Information was so good that it took almost ten years to understand it? Of course not. Posted was a half story. Reality was so buried in myths and lies as to be all but useless. It took almost ten years and tens of millions of dollars to separate reality from the lies. Meanwhile, those who did not use torture had truth in less than one year - often in less than one month. Fine dinners more effective at extracting truths. A reality that cannot be understood when feelings replace facts and experience.

Zero reasons prove nothing useful from torture. Torture only muddies the waters. Torture makes finding truth nearly impossible. It took almost ten years to finally filter out reality because some idiot used torture.

Fine dinners do more to extract the truth. But that contradicts what a TV show called "24" taught our current flock of 'experts'.
Fine dining? Will there be candlelight? Soft music? Black tie? That has to be one of the funniest (and most ridiculous) things I have ever heard. Sure, it might have worked in WWII, but I'm sure most of those prisoners would have rathered live. Those we are battling today would rather die. You are dealing with an entirely different mentality.

And I have never watched 24.
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Old 05-09-2011, 10:23 AM   #3
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Information was so good that it took almost ten years to understand it? Of course not. Posted was a half story. Reality was so buried in myths and lies as to be all but useless. It took almost ten years and tens of millions of dollars to separate reality from the lies. Meanwhile, those who did not use torture had truth in less than one year - often in less than one month. Fine dinners more effective at extracting truths. A reality that cannot be understood when feelings replace facts and experience.

Zero reasons prove nothing useful from torture. Torture only muddies the waters. Torture makes finding truth nearly impossible. It took almost ten years to finally filter out reality because some idiot used torture.

Fine dinners do more to extract the truth. But that contradicts what a TV show called "24" taught our current flock of 'experts'.
Curious how many interrogations you have conducted on suspected terrorists? Is the merely an opinion or based upon actual experience?
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Old 05-10-2011, 08:24 PM   #4
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Information was so good that it took almost ten years to understand it? Of course not. Posted was a half story. Reality was so buried in myths and lies as to be all but useless. It took almost ten years and tens of millions of dollars to separate reality from the lies. Meanwhile, those who did not use torture had truth in less than one year - often in less than one month. Fine dinners more effective at extracting truths. A reality that cannot be understood when feelings replace facts and experience.
Tw, your deepseated and crazy hatred for America -- and by extension every living soul of mankind -- was never more clear than it is now. You don't want us to win.

Well, that's the non-human viewpoint.

As a human, I desire and require America to win, and you are a loathesome leftist.

Very seldom do I resort to this kind of language -- but for these things: damn you and damn your parents also. They could have raised something other than a fascist-sympathizing über-bitch, couldn't they have? But what do we get? -- you, as you presently are.
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