Dick Cheney says that torturing detainees has saved American lives. That claim is patently false. Cheney’s torture policy was directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds if not thousands of American servicemen and women.
Matthew Alexander was the senior military interrogator for the task force that tracked down Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq and, at the time, a higher priority target than Osama bin Laden. Mr. Alexander has personally conducted hundreds of interrogations and supervised over a thousand of them.
“Torture does not save lives. Torture costs us lives,” Mr. Alexander said in an exclusive interview at Brave New Studios. “And the reason why is that our enemies use it, number one, as a recruiting tool…These same foreign fighters who came to Iraq to fight because of torture and abuse….literally cost us hundreds if not thousands of American lives.”
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Although; he feels enhanced interrogations has not saved lives, he never the less, conducted or was involved in thousands of them? He has easily taken down Chaney's argument for interrogation?
Something in this article does not ring true? If this gentleman felt interrogation was not fruitful, why would he do thousands of them? And if they were fruitless, where did the information come from that stopped an attack on Los Angeles, CA.? The information, supposedly, gleaned from enhance interrogations.
Enough of this “enhanced interrogation” crap TC. Torture is torture…. call it what it is, only then can there be a serious debate on the pro's and cons.
As usual Mr. Simple, you choose to ignore the issues and argue semantics. I'll give you a hint, the first one is in the heading just above the video. Should you need help in recognizing the rest let me know and I will help you.
Refering to torture as “enhanced interrogation” is not semantics TC. This problem you people have in talking in soundbites is exhasperating the situation. And you are not going to like this but of all the preplanned phrases manufactured and handed down to the masses to restrict thought, this has got to be the dumbest. To welcome such propaganda into your mind and regourgatate to others you have to be amoungst the most stupid of people or the most complicit.
I thought that although you are lacking basic empathy that normal people develope for others in the playground, that you were nevertheless intellegent.
America TORTURES its prisoners TC… 96% of the world knows this, please stop wasting our time with this bizaare “enhanced interogation” propaganda. You should have lived in 30's Germany dude, Gorbols would have loved you.
America Tortures its Prisoners – how does that sound?
USA is fascist state.
Let's get the names straight here:
Torture inspires freedom fighters. A terrorist uses torture.
So the US government is a terrorist organisation and resistance to it's evil actions is a freedom fighter.
Of course freedom fighters strike terror in the hart of any evil person so if you call a freedom fighter a terrorist you are a part of the evil guys.
Get it?
NOW THAT WE HAVE PROOF THAT DICK CHENEY AND THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAS LIED
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT CAN WE DO TO THESE WAR CRIMINALS.
ITS ONE THING FOR DICK CHENEY TO GO ON A MEDIA BLITZ, HOW DOES LIZ CHENEY HAVE ANY
PROOF OTHER THAN WHAT HER FATHER IS TELLING HER, OR WAS SHE INVOLVED IN THIS COVER
UP, AND THIS IS WHY SHE IS TRYING SO HARD TO CONVINCE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT HER
DAD DID NOTHING WRONG. LIZ CHENEY WAS HAVING A INTERVIEW, AND SHE LET SLIP THAT
HER FATHER IS SCARED THAT HE MAY BE PUT IN JAIL. ITS TURNING INTO A FAMILY AFFAIR, EVEN LYNN CHENEY IS ON THE NEWS CIRCUIT.
WITH MATTHEW ALEXANDER COMING FORWARD, THIS SHOULD PROVE ONCE AND FOR ALL THE LIES AND THE CORRUPTION OF THE BUSH/CHENEY ADMINISTRATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONE MORE THING, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT FOX NEWS CAN BE BROUGHT DOWN A PEG, WITH THEIR CONSTANT OBAMA BASHING. ITS NOT HELPING, IT JUST
MAKING THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE NOW TWICE AS HARD TO DEAL WITH. FROM SUN UP TO SUN
DOWN AND INTO THE NIGHT EVERY FOX NEWS SHOW STARTS WITH OBAMA SAID THIS, OBAMA DID THIS. THERE HAS TO BE A WAY TO SLOW THEIR FEAR MONGERING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH MY COMMENT! PLEASE FIND SOME WAY TO DEAL
WITH THIS PROBLEM, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GIVE PRESIDENT OBAMA A CHANCE TO TRY AND FIX THE ECONOMY BUT HE HAS SO MUCH RESISTANCE FROM THE REPUBLICANS.
IF YOU CAN E-MAIL AN YOUR COMMENT I WOULD APPRECIATE IT!
ROZ SCHWARTZ
NOW THAT WE HAVE PROOF THAT DICK CHENEY AND THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAS LIED
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT CAN WE DO TO THESE WAR CRIMINALS.
ITS ONE THING FOR DICK CHENEY TO GO ON A MEDIA BLITZ, HOW DOES LIZ CHENEY HAVE ANY
PROOF OTHER THAN WHAT HER FATHER IS TELLING HER, OR WAS SHE INVOLVED IN THIS COVER
UP, AND THIS IS WHY SHE IS TRYING SO HARD TO CONVINCE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT HER
DAD DID NOTHING WRONG. LIZ CHENEY WAS HAVING A INTERVIEW, AND SHE LET SLIP THAT
HER FATHER IS SCARED THAT HE MAY BE PUT IN JAIL. ITS TURNING INTO A FAMILY AFFAIR, EVEN LYNN CHENEY IS ON THE NEWS CIRCUIT.
WITH MATTHEW ALEXANDER COMING FORWARD, THIS SHOULD PROVE ONCE AND FOR ALL THE LIES AND THE CORRUPTION OF THE BUSH/CHENEY ADMINISTRATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONE MORE THING, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT FOX NEWS CAN BE BROUGHT DOWN A PEG, WITH THEIR CONSTANT OBAMA BASHING. ITS NOT HELPING, IT JUST
MAKING THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE NOW TWICE AS HARD TO DEAL WITH. FROM SUN UP TO SUN
DOWN AND INTO THE NIGHT EVERY FOX NEWS SHOW STARTS WITH OBAMA SAID THIS, OBAMA DID THIS. THERE HAS TO BE A WAY TO SLOW THEIR FEAR MONGERING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH MY COMMENT! PLEASE FIND SOME WAY TO DEAL
WITH THIS PROBLEM, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GIVE PRESIDENT OBAMA A CHANCE TO TRY AND FIX THE ECONOMY BUT HE HAS SO MUCH RESISTANCE FROM THE REPUBLICANS.
IF YOU CAN E-MAIL AN YOUR COMMENT I WOULD APPRECIATE IT!
ROZ SCHWARTZ
Pay no attention to what the critics say… Remember, a statue has never been set up in honor of a critic!