Using the vocabulary typical of any liberal, Mr. Toll uses strong words such as: torture facility, torture victims and evil practice. First and foremost, Gitmo is not a torture facility. It is a detention center operated by the military for enemy combatants.
Just to clarify, Mr. Toll, enemy combatants are those individuals who have engaged/supported harmful (or to steal your word: egregious) acts against U.S. soldiers, U.S. citizens and/or the United States of America.
Furthermore, get over yourself. These are troublesome times. All of the interrogation techniques you mentioned are designed to break the subject's resolve to resist. It's not some sort of sick sadistic factory that revels in human misery as you are making it out to be. These individuals are not there for Spring Break, they are there because of their unlawful acts.
By the way, Mr. Toll, how do you rationally argue Geneva Convention Articles when the enemy themselves do not adhere to said Articles? With today's rapid progression into the future, those Articles are already dated and somewhat archaic. I'd also like to bring to light some of the tricky misinformation from your article, such as "Euphemisms and propaganda surrounded these practices to distract the public." Tell me, Mr. Toll, why is this any concern of the public's in the first place?
As far as I'm concerned, it's a matter of national security into which the public has no business sticking their nose. I'd rather be safe in my own home knowing that an enemy combatant was roughed up a bit than completely oblivious because we as a nation care so much about rights. By the way, what rights are these aggressors entitled to, considering they don't play by conventional rules?
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