Originally posted by StabbyTheIcePic
When you stoop to their level you become no better then they are. There is plenty of irony in the fact that you do not respect human life yet cry about 9/11.
There is a problem with the perception of the line between right and wrong. When looked at from a certain perspective the bombing of civilian population centers in the Rhine valley was abhorrent, although through the prism of war, it seems less so.
I believe the torture of an innocent to be reprehensible, however if I had a suspected terrorist and needed to get the dirty bomb disarming instructions from him in order to save thousands, I think I could be capable of things I would be otherwise ashamed of doing.
If one has to disrespect one or a few lives so that one can respect the lives of thousands who is willing to make the choice of the sacrifice of many to remain irony free?
While I believe that the prison guards were not faced with this ultimate decision, did the guards believe that their military 'family' was in jeapordy? I take pause when I think of what I would be capable of with my family in danger. I would compromise my principles in a heartbeat to save my family. I believe that does not make me a hypocrite, it makes me a realist.