"DSK" wrote

Sorry, I thought you were chiming in with Joe & Vito in claiming that
the torture of U.S. prisoners was just some "good clean fun."

C'mon Doug, I never said "good clean fun". However I do recognize that
intellegence info from some prisoners is needed to save US lives and see
getting it as a necessary evil. The degree of "torture" condoned should be
comenserate with the value of the info. Suppose a captive knew the location
of a hostage his group planned to behead in 12 hours. How much mental and/or
physical discomfort should I be allowed to inflict to get that info?