Re:US Senate Report on CIA Detention and Interrogation Program
by sd8f9iu on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @02:43PM
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Yes, torture is a pretty cut and dry moral issue. That does not mean the people/groups you listed are "for torture" based on the small sample of reactions you listed. I would not describe the Obama administration as being "for torture" just for going against the report (can you source that by the way? I can't find it). Maybe they genuinely thought unrest in its aftermath would pose a security risk? I don't think this is really what they thought, hence, the report was released. Likewise, perhaps the Republican party views the report as inaccurate, but not that torture is justified in general (given past members' support for the programs, I doubt this too, but still).
Re:US Senate Report on CIA Detention and Interrogation Program
by rayiner on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @08:05PM
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Apparently 2/3 of Americans are on the wrong side of this "cut and dry moral issue." http://hotair.com/archives/2014/04/09/poll-68-of-americans-s...
Obama may have issued an executive order when he entered office, but attempting to block/redact/delay this report betrays his true loyalties.
It isn't an extremist position that torture is wrong, or that the people who support/cover up torture are in the wrong. If anything, it is an extremist position that torture is a valid tactic.