“Torture”
I have heard plenty of naivety on both sides of the aisle about what constitutes “torture.” For example, one opinion I heard was in reference to Susan Crawford’s recent statements about Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed al-Qahtani’s treatment. This person said, upon hearing that al-Qahtani was held in sustained isolation, deprived of sleep and clothing and faced prolonged exposure to cold, “while this is embarrassing and depressing, it is not torturous.”
It does not take tools to torture. None of the prisoners are thankful they aren’t being tortured when the conditions currently forced upon them are brought to mind. Some people at Guantanamo Bay have done nothing wrong, but even those that have done wrong should not be subjected to such degrading and, in some cases, painful treatment without so much as evidence of their guilt. After all, they would only be at Guantanamo if there was no evidence against them.
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