The dilemma lies herein: neither of the two approaches is entirely wrong.
The former, seemingly more humane, also seems impractical considering the fact that the overall dangers that hover the world today in the form of weaponry available and tactics designed are far advanced and devastating than anything else that has been witnessed in history. Its impracticality lies in its overlooking the gravity of an attack and in how torture at the right time and towards the right link could prove to be the difference between mass destruction and liberty. The fact is that this idea cannot stand firm for long in the face of the dangers and perils that can be caused today.
The latter approach, seemingly harsh, also seems ignorant of the fact that terrorism or war is not restricted to any race, religion or nation. Since the beginning of time, every nation has looked for supremacy in the world and planned for it accordingly. Yes, the current methodologies are more disaster-prone but that only confirms that there isn't one single nation that cannot have its intelligence designers, or soldiers, captured and tortured for information that could "potentially save millions" including American intelligence designers and soldiers. The latter belief seems to project that the American intelligence only has reactionary plans while that is not only naive to believe and hypocritical to project.
The facts, in the 21st century, are these: the economic state of a nation (agricultural, industrialized, capitalized, urbanized, etc.) is one of the main factors that determine their approach towards their overall policies on torture. History has shown that it is usually authoritarian governments who have been recorded to have the most extensive...
The Rationale for and the Efficacy of Torture during Interrogation Although information from interrogational torture is unreliable, it is likely to be used frequently and harshly. ==John W. Schiemann, 2012 Introduction The epigraph above is indicative of the growing consensus concerning the lack of efficacy of torture in providing interrogators with reliable concealed information Concealed information is the foundation of the majority of security issues. In most cases, concealed information is a situation
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