WWII interrogations; No torture
Funny, it seems to be in WWII the world was on the line. We had our backs against the wall. The Japanese on one side and the Germans on the other. Our way of life was on the line. Yet, we didn’t torture.
Now, none of that is on the line. Al Qaeda can blow up some planes and buildings but they can’t change our way of live unless we let them. Now, a group of WWII vets tell their story.
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From WaPo:
“We got more information out of a German general with a game of chess or Ping-Pong than they do today, with their torture,” said Henry Kolm, 90, an MIT physicist who had been assigned to play chess in Germany with Hitler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess.
Blunt criticism of modern enemy interrogations was a common refrain at the ceremonies held beside the Potomac River near Alexandria. Across the river, President Bush defended his administration’s methods of detaining and questioning terrorism suspects during an Oval Office appearance.
Several of the veterans, all men in their 80s and 90s, denounced the controversial techniques. And when the time came for them to accept honors from the Army’s Freedom Team Salute, one veteran refused, citing his opposition to the war in Iraq and procedures that have been used at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. (more…)
