RizzyKing

Yes it is helpful and if we weren't so precious about it the benefits could be more rationally explained but the public prefers largely to know it happens but not have to admit they know or allow it so long as we don't talk about it it's ok. Trained professional interrogaters know when someone is saying something to make it stop and they also are the first to cease torture if a person knows nothing. Despite the image of thugs getting their thrills interrogation and physical and chemical torture is a science and whilst that doesn't apply globally it predominately applies in the west and is continued because it produces verifiable results.

Most of those who hate the west would do so anyway does it hand them an excuse maybe but it's just an excuse to allow them to do what they want and will do anyway and perhaps if they weren't so happy to target civilians in cowardly attacks we wouldn't need to do it so much.