Torture is the tool of tyrants to get AGREEMENT, not to get Truth.
When we debate the so-called "efficacy of torture", we play into the hands of the tyrants who use torture as their tool.
We must get this clear: Tyrants torture for other reasons that have NOTHING to do with finding out the truth in any given situation! TYRANTS TORTURE BECAUSE A FORCED CONFESSION --FALSE AS IT IS -- ALWAYS SERVES THE TORTURER.
For example, when Bush tortures the innocent to give a false cofession that they are a terrorists, it gives Bush alot: Bush can say he is successful and captured terrorists; Bush can use it as fuel to cause fear of 'bad guys' in the People; Bush can use it justify repressing everyone. In other words, it is a cornerstone for all his schemes of Tyranny.
Key here is that we must NOT debate the phony claims of "usefulness" of any variety of torture made by the Bush Administration!....
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