Political Science

23 May Political Science

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CON Arguments: Should Torture be allowed in the defense of national security?

1.      Torture Violates the Dignity of the Human Being

·         Rectal Feeding

·         Water Boarding

·         Cold Water in Freezing Temperature

i.      Gul Rahman

·         America has always sought to be a moral leader in the world

http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/does-the-cia-torture-report-show-the-bush-administration-went-too-far/a-violation-of-human-dignity

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/09/cia-torture-methods-waterboarding-sleep-deprivation

2.      Information Acquired by Torture Cannot Be Relied Upon

·         Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi

i.      Iraq War

·         Human memory isn’t reliable

https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/nov/04/2

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/12/us-torture-shaker-aamer-cia-guantanamo

3.      Humane Methods of Interrogation Are Better at Obtaining Information Than Torture

·         Rapport building approaches are more successful

i.      Take longer, but more effective

·         Military leaders have known for centuries that torture can be ineffective

·         Jane Goodman-Delahunty Study

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/theres-better-way-get-information-torture-180953616/?no-ist

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/12/the-humane-interrogation-technique-that-works-much-better-than-torture/383698/

4.      Ticking Time Bomb Scenario is Too Unlikely

·         This scenario assumes the perfect situation

·         Senator Dianne Feinstein Senate Report summary

·         Ticking time bomb scenario leads to a slippery slope of intrusion on right

i.      It “could” save lives can be dangerous way of thinking

http://time.com/3626076/torture-report-ticking-time-bomb/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/nov/04/2

5.      International Laws

·         Torture is banned under The United Nations Convention Against Torture

i.      Geneva Convention

·         Countries should act on principle, not the prevailing trends of other countries

i.      “well if another country is doing it…”

·         U.S. Law

i.      US Supreme Court Rules in the 2006 Hamdan case that detainees are protected from torture by Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/ihl/WebART/375-590006

https://www.oyez.org/cases/2005/05-184

6.      It Just Gives the Enemy Another Reason to Hate Us

·         U.S. torture use was al-Qaeda’s number one recruitment tool

i.      Guantanamo Bay Existence

ii.      Abu Ghraib photos

·         General Ray Odierno and General David Petraeus

·         Al-Qaeda recruitment magazine Inspire

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/04/how-guantanamo-bays-existence-helps-al-qaeda-recruit-more-terrorists/274956/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-alexander/torture-caused-the-deaths_b_273116.html