The video is split into three parts and the first (which was the only that aired on TV) is below. To see the second piece, go here. To see the third, go here.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Marc Thiessen | ||||
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Torture is always something that I have been unsure about and this argument is really one of the best, most thoughtful arguments that I have ever seen (whodda thunk that that would be on Comedy Central).
I really want to hear what other people have to say about this. Personally, I love the idea that America is above torture and I definitely agree that we should only be OK with doing to "them" what we are OK if they do to us. I wonder, though, am I being to realist. This is an ugly world. I may not necessarily think that there is anything inherently right about America's campaign in the world, but I do think that we have a right to protect ourselves. On the other hand, we have been given many more resources with which to protect ourselves than our enemies and does that mean that we are unjustified in using "extreme techniques." At the same time, one could easily argue that we did not start this war, and that we were only responding to an attack on America. At the same time, you could say that the reason that we wrongfully attacked Iraq was because of enhanced interrogation and a coerced admission of connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda. On top of that, many members in Al Qaeda are people who have been recruited after the US put the area into such disarray. At the same time, why does that justify their killing of civilians? No, so then where have I gotten, no where.
This is before I even consider the effectiveness of torture.
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