Torture and Terrorism

I can't believe I didn't post here at all in October! I have really been busy. Check out my eBay listings to see what I've been up to.

Anyway, to the subject at hand.

Research, experience, and common sense tell us that information gotten through torture is not reliable.

Look, if you torture somebody till he's ready to confess to the Crucifixion, then you can't rely on what he says. He'll say anything you want to hear, whether it's truth or fantasy.

I've read the justification for "unusual means" of information gathering by comparing our torture methods with what our POW's have gone through in this and previous wars. My response to this is, just who are we? If what our enemies do is so heinous, why do we want to emulate them? Why look to the worst dregs of human history as role models for us to follow? Aren't we Americans? Don't we set a higher standard for the world to aspire to?

Who are we, anyway?