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Originally Posted by spence
I think this is a load of horse hockey.
People have the stomach for war when they believe it's the right thing to do, but people are not warmongers.
When Bush's marketing department convinced the American people that Saddam was involved with 9/11 the people we're out for blood. They didn't turn because they went soft, they turned because the oringinal case for war fell apart and they felt duped.
Most people aren't against torture because they're soft, they're against it because without a line in the sand we're no better than they are. Basswipe is right on this.
-spence
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You may be right Spence. But if we were to fight World War II, with the media coverage we now have, the public opinion would be for us to get out. We have become soft. Can you imagine the outrage when 100 young solders are killed from your small town alone. My point is that if we are not going to let our troops fight they way they are trained, then you should count your blessings that we have covert harsh interogation or what ever the hell you want to call it.
Basswipe is dead on. If the generals made the dicisions then the war would be over. They don't. A bunch of pansie politicians do.