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To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (480613)	5/14/2009 9:36:25 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation of 1577226

On the one hand you say releasing the pictures which show harsh treatment of prisoners will endanger our troops. This is correct. And it is the reason Odierno insisted to Obama that he not do it. And it is ultimately the reason Obama backed down. But on the other hand you say renouncing enhanced interrogation techniques and torture makes us look weak, and therefore less safe. You invented this; at least I never said it. The appearance of weakness isn't the issue. It is the ACTUAL weakness that results from not having access to information. If, for example, bin Laden is captured, you want to know what plans, precisely, are underway. If he turns out be to tough as nails as KSM did, only EIT are proven to get to that information. Under Bush we'd have it. Under Obama, we may sit idly by while some otherwise avoidable attack occurs. It really is a pretty stupid decision.

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