{"id":541,"date":"2007-10-16T12:23:39","date_gmt":"2007-10-16T18:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=541"},"modified":"2007-10-16T12:24:16","modified_gmt":"2007-10-16T18:24:16","slug":"we-dont-torture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=541","title":{"rendered":"We Don&#8217;t Torture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/10\/12\/AR2007101201885.html?hpid=opinionsbox1\">these letters<\/a> from actual military officers who have done and who have endured interrogation (unlike, say, Rush Limbaugh or Dick Cheney).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We ex-POWs don&#8217;t look kindly on sadistic behavior, especially when it degenerates into torture. Kyle is right, it doesn&#8217;t do much to get useful info, it only gives the sadist some thrills.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When I read things like this, I am filled with such immense pride in our military. They are far better men than their commander in chief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read these letters from actual military officers who have done and who have endured interrogation (unlike, say, Rush Limbaugh or Dick Cheney). We ex-POWs don&#8217;t look kindly on sadistic behavior, especially when it degenerates into torture. Kyle is right, it doesn&#8217;t do much to get useful info, it only gives the sadist some thrills. When &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/?p=541\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">We Don&#8217;t Torture<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-terror"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BzKF-8J","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelsiegel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}