One thing we are sure of Hempy is nothing....facts, reality, logic, and anything else is going to sway you from your own view of things.
We can point out the rules our American POW's lived by during their long years of real torture, the kind that results in horrible pain and permanent injuries and in some cases death, but you would ignore that in your calculations of results of toruture.
You do know our guys were told to resist as long as possible and endure what they could....but only to the point they did not incur lasting injuries or wounds.
That made the Vietnamese work for everything they got, met with our Military Code of Conduct, and protected our guys from having to suffer permanent injuries.
Sadly, the Vietnamese were not briefed in on the Rules as they had their own and far too many of our guys suffered permanent harm due to the Torture they endured.
But none of this matters to you.
All you see is some abstract moral construct of your own making and nothing matters to you beyond trying to force your own views on everyone else.
So do carry on ...but don't think you are going hold sway with the arguments you are presenting as they just are no persuasive to anyone with reasonable views of the issues.
Given your methods or Colonel Allen West's methods....I will walk alongside the good Colonel any Day of the Week as he totes those Gas Cans through Hell.