"Benjamin Turek" wrote in message
news:ctkUf.14649$gD4.5326@trnddc05...

I would venture to say that at times torture of prisoners is the only
option left available. Its not pretty, but wounds heal. If the torture of
a few people leads to saving of a couple hundred lives, I believe the end
justifies the mean.

Undoubtedly it can save many lives.....maybe.....sometimes. At any rate
then, you blelieve that a group of Iraqi "insurgents" are perfectly
justifyed in torturing a downed American pilot.....say, a colonel,
perhaps.....who could reasonably be expected to know something about
upcoming operations in which hundreds of their compatriots might die.
Again, it might be highly effective.......but you're going to have some
trouble selling the program in Peoria.

I also believe it depends on who you talk to about how well things are
going.

Say, the mother of a murdered Iraqi child, for instance.

If you are only getting your info from the daily news, you are getting a
description of the whole picture, just the details of a part of it that
they find interesting.

Actually, we were hoping you would fill us in on the uninteresting parts.
We are confident that you won't fail us.

The biggest problem I have with our involvement in Iraq, is how we are
rebuilding it. We are building high tech schools and hospitals that could
be used by the people that are paying for them over here.

Well, the money used to bomb and burn the ones they already had could have
been used by the people who paid for it over here too. But what good would
THAT do anyone?

Wolfgang