People who defend torture conjure up TV-drama type scenarios that don’t occur in reality where the detainee has the means to stop an atomic blast if only key information can be tortured from him within 10 minutes. They ignore the costs of torture.~ Roedy (born: 1948-02-04 age: 64)
- Your torture, is the #1 recruitment tool for your adversary. You prove you are an evil bastard who must be defeated at all cost.
- Civilians will not talk to you. You lose most of your intelligence.
- A person under torture will tell you whatever he thinks you want to hear. Most of the time this something will not be true. Acting on that information most of the time will just send you on a goose chase.
- Your corrode your soul. You risk mental damage.
- You risk trial for international war crimes and incarceration for the remainder of your life.