I have managed to avoid Gitmo. I did do some time at Abu Ghraib. This is one issue I heatedly disagree with John McCain on. First, these terrorists are not citizens of a country that signed the Geneva Convention. Plain and simple. If you are caught engaging our troops, making bombs, drawing up plans, spotting, recording the IEDs, whatever, you should have no rights except what we allow you to have. The CIA, not operating under the DoD has different rules. I have to abide by ridiculous idiocy. Our entire Field Manual on interrogation is available online on non-secure sites. No mystery, no problem. McCain or I or you will almost certainly have differing views on what constitutes torture. There are many ways to torture that do not cause physical agony. When is the last time an American(s) hijacked an airplane and flew it into another country's skyscraper? When is the last time an American went to another country and set explosives in the basement of an iconic symbol and tried to blow it up? When is the last time an American floated out on a small boat to another country's naval vessel and blow a hole in it? When is the last time an American decapitated someone on the internet? Do not come at me with the argument that harsh methods make us just like them. That dog won't hunt. We have no mystery anymore. Even if we are not using harsher methods, we need to at least plant the thought in their minds "what will they do?". The Manchester Document ensured they know our playbook. The hands of the interrogator are tied. I know, I've done hundreds. These terrorists do not deserve rights. They deserve to be milked for information and executed. Instead, they have their comfort items and attornies to make a mockery of the sacrifice of America's finest. John McCain did break. I greatly admire his service and his courage. But he eventually broke as 99.9% will. We have to have the tools available to us to protect our country. Glad-handing these miscreants only encourages them and gives them the perception that we are weak and lack the courage of our convictions. America does not need to know what methods are used. Regular folks probably agree that the little angels are treated a little too fairly. They would slaughter us all if they had the chance. It is time to start treating them that way. Jack Nicholson said it best in A Few Good Men. "You sleep under the blanket of freedom I provide and question the manner in which I provide it. I'd prefer you just said thank you and went on your way". Let us handle it, keep you safe and let you live your lives without fear. The gloves have to come off. There must be a deterrent besides 3 hots and a cot and a Koran and a prayer rug and a mosque. Wake up McCain.

Thank you for your insight. It never ceases to amaze me that the left and center do not really understand that we are fighting an enemy that will not play by a set of rules, which also shows the god that they are serving....

The bottom line is that we are at war because we have not had the homeland attacked few think about the risks we face. The latest tragedies in India and elsewhere should reminds us all that the risk is still high. What do we do if we lose a city, at least economically as almost happened in New York. Yet many of our fellow citizen do not believe that we are facing a ruthless enemy at all, but some conglomeration of downtrodden victims. We are at war against a very evil, ruthless and patient enemy. We should not underestimate them in the slightest. They are fighting an asymmetrical, insurgent war against the USA. Insurgency warfare was difficult for us to accept during Vietnam. Many totally lack enough imagination to understand we are now fighting a world wide war of insurgency. The first trap we slowly fell in after Vietnam was the dismantling and the political correction of our intelligence services in and outside the military. Human intel programs were all but eliminate. This latest appointment to run CIA by President-elect Obama is a step back in time and the first huge mistake of his pending presidency. If you do not understand asymmetrical and insurgency warfare you must take the time to read several good works that have been published. Then imagine such a war on an international scale funded by petrol dollars. Remember that if 90% of the 1.3 billion Muslims in the world are peace loving and desire only to be left alone, that still leaves a huge base from which our enemies can recruit.