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Originally posted by QRQ 30
Time to be unpopular again but. . . .
IMHO barbaric, immoral and disgusting ations will never be a justification for my acting likewise. If we are to act like the enemy why are we fighting?
Abuse and torture are not interrogation. In the past our csoldiers were tortured and brain-washed by enemy governments for the purpose of getting FALSE confessions and other statements which the enemy wanted. Not to gain intelligence. Statements gained under duress are subject to doubt. A scared individual will give you what he thinks you want. This falls right into our own "Code of Conduct". After 48 hours do or say anything necessary to stay alive and healthy - short of giving up your fellow prisoners.
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QRQ 30:
I do not presume that you are taking an unpopular stance...The incident I alluded to took place in the VN Delta probably late 65, the Vietnamese had just taken 3 prisoners on a large op near Vi Tanh, Bac Lieu, or it may have been near the U Minh forest (old brain cells) they got one of these guys to give up a huge weapons cache. Undoubtedly it was morally wrong (and I was apalled at the time), but it without a doubt saved American lives. Is this morally justifiable? Probably not...
Not long after this incident I participated in a raid to rescue Nick Rowe, we did not get him but we got close enough that he heard the battle, but that's a topic unto itself.
Terry