When the news is all filled with the idea that the US government ties the attempted bombing on Times Square to the Taliban, there is not much else to blog about. So you'll excuse me, I hope, for jumping onto the band wagon.
For those who don't know, the US have said it was a Taliban group responsible for the attack. The LA Times' story is here.
What is there to say about terrorism that hasn't been said already?
I know, perhaps I should get controversial. President Obama, as we all know, is regarding torture, a card carrying democrat. Well, he's a democrat in most areas, I guess. Hence his representing the Democrats.
It just so happens that while I too am often accused of being a crazy liberal, I don't see eye to eye with the liberals on issues of torturing terrorists. No don't stop reading from pure shock at my idiocy yet. I want to at least have earned your scorn. Oh, I know that there are far more effective and efficient ways of extracting information from terrorists than torture. Believe me, I am sure of this.
I also know that there is a value on a human's life. Even the most lowlife of terrorists are people. Problem is that they're people who don't value life. Suicide bombers don't even value their own lives.
Still, what good can ever come from torturing them? You might as well get your information out of them a less painful way. Especially if it works better.
I have always been a bit of a chess player and I want to let you in on a secret. When faced with fire, one of the most appropriate methods of response is fire. Imagine if every terrorist in the world knew that if he was caught he'd suffer pain of enormous magnitude if he were captured. The purpose of torture is not treatment to the sickness of terrorism, it's prevention of the disease itself.
If torture was openly allowed, terrorists would think twice before trying an attack.
As for the morals of hurting a human being, by failing to act, you are hurting all those victims of future terrorist attacks that might have been prevented by creating a fear of torture. There are no two ways about it, if you're kind to the terrorists, you're cruel to the civilians.
Feel free to argue in the comments, but please keep it polite and constructive.
Have a great one!
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