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Originally Posted by mburbank

A.) could this horrid nonsense be effective?

If the torture victim is fundamentally bent, I believe so.

Originally Posted by mburbank

B.) Is this really a role for women in the military?

A matter of perspective, Max. It's only sexist if you allow it to be; otherwise, it's just a part of the job in which your particular attributes can be effective. Think about female police officers posing as prostitutes in solicitation sting operations.

Originally Posted by mburbank

C.) Would we use guy soldiers to sexy up female prisoners?

Given our social morrays, this wouldn't be effective if our women soldiers were the torture victims but, against another society where the belief system, social structure, ect is different, why not?

Originally Posted by mburbank

D.) Isn't this all some kind of sick Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS fantasy and does it have any place at all in intelligence gathering?

It's obviously effective or someone would have written a "whistle blowing" book about the outrage and injustice of it all. I think that it's quite laughable considering the known methods of torture that Saddam used on his own people. Honestly Max, would you rather we beat, bludgeon, set fire to, electrify, ect them?

Originally Posted by mburbank

E.) How does this kind of crap square with the whole 'More Moral Than Thou' evangelical crap Bushes reborn buddies are pushing?

I agree that it's quite hypocritical. Believe me, I have no love for the current administration. At times; however, I think that you (Max) make your argument against the administration more so than the subject in question.

Originally Posted by mburbank

F.) Was this just a few Sexy Apples, or is this policy?

I think that it's a matter of using methods that they thought would work on the current subjects based on collective intelligence.

Originally Posted by mburbank

H.) Lets see, what else could we do to make the things moslems say about us true? If they hated us for our freedom, imagine how much they'll hate us for making our prisoners think we're whiping menstrual blood on them. Have we forced them to eat pork yet? That could be fun.

The key word here is "think". Psychological torture, such as sleep deprivation, holding back privileges, lying to the subject, ect is acceptable to a degree, even by the Geneva Convention.

Originally Posted by mburbank

I.) What, exactly, is the bottom of the barrel for us?

Behaving as they have against their own people.