Intended or not, the end result of this endlesss discussion of, and prosecutions for Inhanced Interrogation Techniques is that we:

1) Tell the enemy what we do during interrogations.
2) Tell the enemy what we WON’T do during interrogations.

What’s the value in maintaining “civility” when combating an “uncivil” enemy, other than to give them the upper hand? Do we actually think that we will earn their respect? We already know that these people will stop at nothing; what should be in their mind during an interrogation is “what the hell are these people going to do to me?” Fear and uncertainty of “how far we will actually go” is a great motivator, whether we go there or not. Remove the fear, and we will remove the motivation.

Hell, we might as well just read them their Miranda rights.