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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 04:05 PM
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3. Because they already knew there were no WMDs
and if they tortured Saddam until he gave them some false story about where they were (since, there being no WMDs any such story would have to be false; he couldn't tell them where nonexistent WMDS were) and they still couldn't find them, the truth that there weren't any would have come out. Either that or under torture Saddam would have told the truth, which is that he totally made up stories about having WMDs so he would appear more powerful vs. Iran. And they didn't want that truth out, either.
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  -If torture works, why didn't they waterboard Saddam Hussein to find out where the WMD's were? Postman  Apr-26-09 03:52 PM   #0 
  - I think we all know the answer  Andy823   Apr-26-09 03:59 PM   #1 
  - Why didn't they waterboard Saddam Hussein? How do we know they didn't?  Towlie   Apr-26-09 04:01 PM   #2 
  - The only time he could have been waterboarded or otherwise tortured  The Velveteen Ocelot   Apr-26-09 04:07 PM   #5 
     - Murdering him probably counts as mistreatment? nt  Psychic Consortium   Apr-26-09 04:12 PM   #7 
        - Well, yes. But he was never waterboarded as far as we know,  The Velveteen Ocelot   Apr-26-09 04:17 PM   #8 
  - Because they already knew there were no WMDs  The Velveteen Ocelot   Apr-26-09 04:05 PM   #3 
  - Good Freaking Question,  Cha   Apr-26-09 04:06 PM   #4 
  - They did NOT destroy ALL the torture tapes! Why the disinfo? ???  L. Coyote   Apr-26-09 04:10 PM   #6 
 

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