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To: LindyBill who wrote (302373)	4/23/2009 2:55:29 AM
From: unclewest	13 Recommendations Read Replies (1) of 793622

ON THIS PAGE a few years ago I wrote several columns arguing that torture was never acceptable - not even "as a last and desperate option" in the war against jihadist terrorism, a war I strongly support. At a time when not only conservative hawks but even some notable liberals were making the case for using torture to thwart Al Qaeda, I contended that the cruel abuse of terrorist detainees was something we could never countenance - not just because torture is illegal, unreliable, and a threat to the innocent, but because it is one of those practices that a civilized society cannot engage in without undermining its right to call itself civilized. The quickest way to adjust that attitude is to get the writer personally involved in 1 or 2 gunfights. Sorry folks, but once you find yourself in the trenches war ain't pretty; is no longer esoteric; and survival of the fittest takes on a whole new meaning. There is no such thing as nuance, mystery and glamor on battlefields. War is not a novel. War is kill or be killed...end of story. All the words in the world are not going to change that.

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