LMAO... You are a clueless idiot who obviously likes to yammer to see yourself post. Did you mean "unarmed captives?" I assure you, they all still have their arms... unless some backwards 5th century Arab theocratic government convicted them of shoplifting, then they probably don't.
Again, I am also opposed to torture! I don't consider coercive interrogation to be "torture" though, that is the distinction here. I think, when you have hardened alQaeda operatives, who have taken a vow to their Gods to kill us all, it takes a little more than being nice to them, to obtain useful intelligence about their operations. Call me crazy, but I don't think promises of milk and cookies will work. BUT... it's not up to me, or my party! The whole entire thing is YOUR responsibility now! That's why I don't understand this long assed "debate" on the subject, we obviously disagree, and we will certainly get to see how well your methods work. I know how well my methods work, we haven't been attacked since 9/11, and we have captured or killed countless terrorist, thwarting numerous terrorist attacks.
I just somehow believe, when we see the streets of New York, LA or Chicago, piled high with dead pinheads who were killed by terrorists... maybe your ideas of what IS and ISN'T "torture" will change? If not, that is fine too... that's the wonderful thing about Liberalism, it is a somewhat 'self-cleansing' philosophy.