Why President Bush Is Wrong
Mr. Bush and pundits who like him (like Bill O'Reilly) have insisted that the U.S. needs to be able to torture terrorists in order to gain information that could save the lives of millions.
Mr. O'Reilly keeps asking anyone who debates this point, "You wouldn't torture one terrorist to save the lives of millions of Americans?"
The problem with the question stems from an assumption. The assumption is that the folks we're detaining are actually terrorists.
Mr. O'Reilly; "How would you feel if you discovered that the guy you've been torturing for 3 months isn't a terrorist, but just some dentist who happens to look a lot like (or have the same name as) a known terrorist?"
Mr. O'Reilly's question also makes a second assumption. He assumes that bad people should be allowed to be treated inhumanely.
The problem with this logic is that it goes against one of the basic principles we learned in Kindergarten; "he started it" is never a good excuse.
This logic also only goes to fuel further hatred for the U.S., as we travel further down the road of pretentious righteousness
"It's not bad when we do it."
Of course, this is the same reason why I don't care who has "WMD's" or Nuke-E-Lar weapons.
Somebody needs to keep the U.S. in check, 'cause we stopped about 40 years ago.
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