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Originally Posted by andygrif
Not at all....I have made the clear differentiation between inteligence and brutality. Today's report seems to have little to do with the former. Which is why I was saying that in some instances this kind of behaviour may have a place. Do we really know this wasn't the case? It doesn't look like the work of intel officers, but then now the footage has been released the Coalition are hardly likely to admit it was are they?
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As I've asked before, describe a situation in which this behaviour would have a legitimate purpose? Even if they were intelligence officers (and that's an extremely big if), what would be the point in taking the photographs of the soldiers having a laugh about it? Again, even if they were intelligence officers who had been "forced" to take morally ambiguous action, the fact that they were taking the photographs should see them facing a court martial.
Even with my legendary liberal attitudes I would concede that there could be a situation in which torture could be justified, for instance if the torture of one person would prevent the detonation of a terrorist nuclear device. Howver, I think in this instance the photographs demonstrably prove that this is not the case, and even if it were, the taking of the photographs in that manner is entirely indefensible.