The first question we need to ask, What is Torture?
The much touted "torture" of Muslim terrorist is making headlines due to the fact that Barack has decided to release classified CIA documents in an attempt to embarrass the administration and Republicans. Even though warned by 5 former CIA Directors that the release of these documents would put our security in jeopardy and embarrass the CIA, Barack Obama chose to do so anyway.
There seems to be a backlash forming against several leading Democrats as well because the tactics that were used were widely known to all members in Congress over the Bush years and no outrage seemed necessary till Obama took office.
The real question that seems to be overlooked here is.... What is Torture?
This is a WorldNetDaily article Posted: May 15, 2004
Muslim seminary students in Pakistan tortured a young Christian for five days and nights to force him to convert to Islam, according to a British human-rights monitor. The students in Toba Tek Singh, Punjab Province, accused 19-year-old Javaid Anjum of stealing their water pump when they found him drinking from an outside tap April 17, reported the Barnbas Fund.
Anjum replied he merely was searching for a drink and said, as a Christian, they could be assured he would not steal anything.
Upon learning of his faith, the students accosted Anjum and took him to a seminary run by Maulvi Ghulam Rasool, who along with others, tortured the Christian for five days.
Anjum's tormentors ordered him to deny his Christian faith and embrace Islam. Finally they took him to a local police station April 22 and accused him of theft.
Police recognized Anjum was dying and informed his family, allowing them to take him to a hospital.
Anjum made a statement on video during his hospital treatment, which included dialysis on several occasions because both kidneys failed, Barnabas Fund said.
He did not recover, however, and died in the hospital shortly after 2 a.m. on May 2.
Barnabas Fund said Anjum was a university student studying commerce.
He was returning to his grandfather's house after a visit to an aunt when he was abducted.
The injuries, the British group said, were "horrific," caused by electric shocks repeatedly to various parts of his body, including his ears, which damaged his hearing.
His right arm and fingers were fractured, and his nails were pulled out.
Anjum's feet were swollen from beating, and he suffered contusions and lacerations all over his body.
He also had many internal injuries along with the two failed kidneys, according to the doctor's report, which noted he passed blood or pus instead of urine.
In many places his skin appeared blackened and oozed pus, and he could barely move.
The head constable at the police station where Anjum was taken, however, said in a statement it was God's will that he had to die that way. In 1993 the ATF under the direction of Janet Reno used sleep deprivation of the inhabitants of the Branch Davidian community by means of all-night broadcasts of recordings of the screams of rabbits being slaughtered. These were American citizens.
Police here in America regularly use tear gas and water cannons on American protesters to disperse them.
If you have seen "Cops" lately they regularly show Americans dragged out of their cars put face down on the street with a foot on their head and shocked repeatedly with tasers.
It is a daily occurrence here in America for citizens to face much harsher penalties at the hands of the federal government than the inhabitants of Getmo.
I really doubt that pouring water in a terrorist's face or putting a caterpillar in the room of an enemy combatant to obtain information of an imminent terrorist attack on American Citizens is torture.