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Changelog: On Torture

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Wozza Matter?11/04/2010 7:45:08 pm PDT

uh-huh.
You are relatively new here so i will let you in gently - i am being serious and sarcastic at the same time.

There is a very long list of serving Generals in all western armies against the use of torture on the grounds that it is ineffective, and many more on the basis that their troops are more likely to be maltreated if they maltreat.

A list of retired Flag Officers of the US armed forces signed up to the declaration against torture:

Retired Military Flag Officers

Brigadier General Hugh Aitken
Brigadier General David M. Brahms
Brigadier General Stephen A. Cheney
Admiral Archie Clemins
Brigadier General James P. Cullen
Major General Paul D. Eaton
Lieutenant General Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr.
General Ronald R. Fogleman
Brigadier General Evelyn “Pat” Foote
Major General Eugene Fox
Lieutenant General Robert G. Gard, Jr.
Brigadier General Wilfred L. Goodson
Rear Admiral Donald J. Guter
General Joseph P. Hoar
Brigadier General John A. Hurley
Rear Admiral John D. Hutson
Brigadier General David Irvine
Admiral Greg G. Johnson
Brigadier General John H. Johns
General James L. Jones
General John P. Jumper
Lieutenant General Claudia J. Kennedy
General Paul J. Kern
General David M. Maddox
Colonel Peter Mansoor
General Merrill A. McPeak
Major General Melvyn S. Montano
Brigadier General Richard M. O’Meara
The late Lieutenant General William E. Odom
Lieutenant General Charles P. Otstott
General Joseph W. Ralston
Major General Thomas J. Romig
Brigadier General Maurice D. Roush
Brigadier General Murray Sagsveen
Vice Admiral Jack A. Shanahan
Lieutenant General Harry E. Soyster
Lieutenant General James M. Thompson
Colonel Theodore B. Voorhees
General Volney F. Warner
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson
Brigadier General Stephen N. Xenakis