Well, isn't this deeply disturbing?

[Taem]

I am willing to engage on a discussion of the consequences of these 'mind games' that you so easily dismiss to the inconsequential bin.

Do tell. I'm not sure what you’re getting at. What are the consequences of playing ‘mind-games’ on an individual? Perhaps my ignorance of the subject made me “jump the gun,” so to speak, and post without thinking about what I was saying, but I don't think so.

I can see psychological problems occurring to an individual subjected to long-term “mind-games,” however in light of the fact that we are in a war campaign and the driving force behind it is set on finding chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons that could possibly threaten our country (even though their missile would never have any way to ever reach us :blink: ), I see the probing interrogation of hostiles to be adequate and even necessary if these WofMD are ever to be found. It's not like everyone in the Middle East is giving out hints freely. We still haven’t found Bin Laden and spent a very long time searching for Sadam. Let me clarify that I do find physical torture to be despicably barbaric, evil, and inappropriate even in wartime.

So answer me a few question please:

1.) Do you think psychological torture is an effective way to gather information from someone unwilling to talk?
2.) Do you think psychological torture is immoral or necessary? How about in this war?
3.) Do you psychological torture will cause long-term mental health problems? If so, what proof do you have of this?
4.) In your mind, is there a difference between psychological torture and physical torture?