chrismaple, you make my point. You seem to have accepted torture as a legitimate tool of power.
But torture does not accomplish what you claim to be it’s aims, and it’s use is therefore to terrorize a population or to punish.
And effectiveness doesn’t trump legitimacy. Torture is never justified. There are national and international laws that recognize that. The US used to at least pretend to understand that, but your comment shows how far you have fallen.
And by, “behave badly toward the US,” you must mean that they resist having their resources stolen, their governments overthrown, brutal dictators installed and supported, their civilians murdered, their infrastructure and culture destroyed all by the US.
Yes I am biased - against any country violently manipulating the rest of the world in support of the wealthiest 1/10%.
chrismaple, you make my point. You seem to have accepted torture as a legitimate tool of power.
But torture does not accomplish what you claim to be it’s aims, and it’s use is therefore to terrorize a population or to punish.
And effectiveness doesn’t trump legitimacy. Torture is never justified. There are national and international laws that recognize that. The US used to at least pretend to understand that, but your comment shows how far you have fallen.
And by, “behave badly toward the US,” you must mean that they resist having their resources stolen, their governments overthrown, brutal dictators installed and supported, their civilians murdered, their infrastructure and culture destroyed all by the US.
Yes I am biased - against any country violently manipulating the rest of the world in support of the wealthiest 1/10%.