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Originally posted by sgtclub
That is a ridiculous question. Of course I would feel differently. They are Americans. But that is not to say that the risk of our soldiers being similarly humiliated because we engage in these tactics outweighs the potential benefit we could derive from those tactics.
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I am applying the Golden Rule, and you are applying the sort of utilitarian analysis associated with John Stuart Mill. I find this an odd conversation to be having with an avowed libertarian. Here in America, we have property rights that protect the rich from taxation, but there in Iraq it's OK to abuse prisoners if it might potentially benefit us. Hmm.
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I find those statistics suspect. What people are we talking about? Gitmo? Abu Garib? Iraq in general?
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Abu Ghraib, I thought. I don't know how someone could determine innocence, so you have a point. OTOH, a lot of people were picked up in sweeps late last year, when the insurgency got going. I don't think the radio program I heard posts transcripts, but I will see if I can Google it a little later.
