You think we've only waterboarded three detaniees based on what the CIA has released. Common sense speaks otherwise. Plus those doubtful figures only applied to Gitmo, what about those people we transfered to other countries to get around our own laws? Think they were just taken out for tea? Think being transfered to Turkey and being dealt with there might have even been more unpleasant? I do.
But it's beside the point and the point being I laid out a damn good stategy which would have the terrorist just ****ing tell us what we need to know, but I can only work if they think we're *****es that are all about giving them the same rights and respect as a standard US citizen and that can't work if even one person isn't treated that way. Lull them into false confidence, make them drop their guard and reveal themselves then exploit that while telling them how stupid they were.
^this is the basic strategy used by every military genius throughout history. Don't use brute force when you can make the enemy defeat themselves. Don't give them something to rally behind, make them seperate and grow suspecious of each other. Sew disillusionment amongst their followers but don't give them something they can use against you. The greatest victory, and the only perfect victory, is to defeat the enemy without losing anything but taking everything from them. Every single leader in government should be required to read the art of war every ****ing year.
