Submitted by Winfred Mann, Dec 13, 2007 14:52

There are several reasons that making aggressive interrogation illegal is a bad idea. It will not prevent terrorists from killing more victims that are innocent of any wrongdoing for they have an objective. Terrorists will continue to torture and kill innocent people. Furthermore, terrorists will look upon this as American weakness, and it will prompt terrorists to perpetrate more terror attacks on a weak enemy.

The terror tactic is designed to intimidate and coerce people into compliance with the terrorists' goals. In the Islamist case, this means, "submit to Islam" or die. Infidels do not merit just treatment.

Remember the Taliban's Sunday torture and killings in the Kabul soccer stadium? Women were beaten for improper dress. (That means their socks were too thin, or a portion of their ankle was visible to the Taliban goon squads.) Many of them were executed for being raped, and men were beaten for having a beard that was too short. There were those scenes of women being shot in the back of the head or hanged from the goals. Outlawing waterboarding will not prevent these injustices from being perpetrated on any convenient victim.

As Osama bin Laden said in his ranting "World Islamic Front" Fatwa declaring war on the United States, showing us of how terrorists view weakness:

"Clinton appeared in front of the whole world threatening and promising revenge, but these threats were merely a preparation for withdrawal. You have been disgraced by Allah and you withdrew; the extent of your impotence and weaknesses became very clear. It was a pleasure for the "heart" of every Muslim and a remedy to the "chests" of believing nations to see you defeated in the three Islamic cities of Beirut, Aden and Mogadishu."

Continue aggressive interrogation techniques. Save innocent lives.

Note: Comments are screened, and in some cases edited, before posting. We reserve the right to reject anything we find objectionable.