Apparently there’s been a lot of talk about torture in the media the past few days, and some folks disagree with the idea of mentally or physically abusing another human being in order to gain information. I thought that I’d share a few thoughts with you fine folks as to my point of view on this rather touchy subject<\/p>\n
Ya know, walking through a minefield is a special hell like you’ve never imagined. Time slows down to the individual heartbeat, and your mind races to a point where you might just think you’ll go insane. It could be forty degrees out and the sweat pouring off your forehead will blur your vision. You’ll overcompensate by squinting and desperately wipe at your eyes to clear things up. Your hearing will become some sort of super hearing to compensate and at some point, the sound of two earthworms fucking will become clear as a bell.<\/p>\n
After a while, you’ll start hearing, and seeing things that have no real meaning, but you’ll be certain they do. You’ll start to lose it. Slowly at first, but it’ll catch up with the toughest alive. Soon enough, you’ll just be wanting to purposely hit a mine in order to get it over with. At this point you’re only one hundred feet in, and have another six hundred feet to get to safety.
\nWhat if it’s your family or friends in that field (in the Infantry, they’re both) and you’ve captured a suspect\/terrorist\/soldier who knows the location of the mines? Or at least you’re fairly certain that he does. Not 100% positive, but pretty damn close. Close enough for government work anyway.
\nSure, your boys have already strip searched the guy and have come up with nothing but photos of his wife and kids, or maybe a letter from his mom. Harmless enough.
\nYou tell me. What do you do?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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