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Originally Posted by Skybird

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Originally Posted by Fish

Yeah, strawman it is. :yep:

Okay, then I have answered your initial hint or question in posting #50.

Roger.

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Originally Posted by Heibges

As a former officer in the United States Army, I will tell you strait up that in the Officers Basic Course, in Military Ethics, you will be instructed that torture is absolutely something that an American Army officer will not condone.

And the reason is it saves lives.

Take the moronic example from the presidential debate.

Would you torture a suspect to get info on a terrorist attack?

According to the avowed ethics of the United States Army Officer Corps, the answer is no, because you will create far more "terrorists" who will then plan future attacks.

Many, many, many lives have been saved over the years because folks just surrender to us because we are the good guys. There going to get a blanket, an MRE and some cigarettes.

But I don't expect the cowardly draftdodgers in our current adminstration to understand military ethics.

Heibges,
That is not ethics, that's just calculation, there must be more to tell about USA militairy ethics I think.
Please do, I am realy interested.

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