Torture

I'm absolutely 100% against torture. If you ask me, there is nothing that would warrant such barbaric interrogation tactics. Whether it be waterboarding or any other type of method, I think that enhanced interrogation has no place in the playbook of a civilized nation. Not only do I think it's inhumane, I think torture is downright ineffective. Mainly because, after reading up on the topic, I've come to understand that if a person is being tortured, they're more likely to confess to something that's not true. They wont necessarily tell you the truth, rather they'll tell you whatever they think you want to hear in order to make the pain stop. It's because of that fact that I believe torture to be not only an inhumane method, but an obsolete and ineffective one as well. How can we, as a nation, claim to be a champion of humanity and decency, while at the same time participate in such barbaric and inhumane tactics. Another thing to look at, is which nations, besides the united states, continue to partake in enhanced interrogation, and which ones don't. Nations that use tortuous methods tend to be ones with other horrible human rights abuses. They tend to be third world countries whose ideals are fundamentally opposed to those held by the united states. Nearly all developed nations (particularly those that happen to be our allies) Have already banned the barbaric practice and have come to the same consensus that it is morally reprehensive and fundamentally conflicting with human decency. Torture needs to become a thing of the past. I long for the day when we can look at it as nothing more than a mistake made by people of the past, and something that we will never again, as a nation, take part in, no matter what the circumstance may be.