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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (481976)	5/18/2009 9:55:29 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573954

Apples and oranges, putz.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (481976)	5/19/2009 9:04:33 AM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573954

What do those things have to do with one another? I think torture is a very bad thing. But so is killing people. But we do it in defense of the country. Unfortunately, we find it necessary to do bad things to defend the country sometimes. I've thought it over and believe under very unusual circumstances, targeted and selective torture would be morally justified. When the person tortured is someone like KSM, who masterminded the 911 attack and other completed and uncompleted attacks and who would have had knowledge of future planned attacks, I think it would be justified. It seems to me they took pains to limit the people who got the EIT and stopped using it after 2003. I have no problem with that. If we faced an emergency situation and a probable attack on the US, I would EXPECT Obama and any other President to do what was necessary to defend the country.