re: #266 Kosh’s Shadow

Many Germans weren’t as ideologically committed to Nazism as Jihadis are to their version of Islam. There were vast numbers of German military who did what they did due to patriotism or because they were ordered to. They would be more susceptible to gentler means of persuasion.

I understand and respect your point. However as a counterpoint, I think we do need to examine what sort of actionable intelligence we got from Abu Zubaydah, who was interrogated with a standard rapport building interrogation. I don’t believe every Muslim is a fanatic bent on killing everyone else. Maybe we’d be better off simply focusing on the people who can be turned and accepting that the real hardcore fanatics should just be locked away and left to rot?