Originally Posted by
Sun Who
Mate, it's not a question of tit-for-tat, TORTURE DOESN'T WORK.
If you correct that to "torture doesn't always work" and "can be counterproductive when used" you'd be closer to the mark.
Your broad statement is not actually true, party due to being too broad and over generalized, and partly due to what's already been reported years ago, in terms of intel gleaned that provided puzzle pieces that eventually led to getting Osama years later.
(No, the Jack Bauer ticking bomb scenario isn't real life ... )
Pontius: if you are referring to how they finally got Al Zarqawi in Iraq ... yes, some patient work led to getting a bead on him, but it took three years to get that bead on him. In the interim, he killed a lot of folks, and orchestrated the killing of hundreds, even thousands, in the anti Shiite campaign he was waging.