03-04-2016, 07:24 PM
(03-04-2016, 04:10 PM)Donovan Wrote: Your boy just stated on national tv that he was fine with torture even of the families of his enemies. Any of you who think that isn't dangerous is a fool.
I agree that it's dangerous for a high-profile political leader or hopeful to advocate such an idiotic and barbaric policy; a policy which would violate international laws & treaties, and force our military to disobey orders from the Commander and Chief in order to adhere to their oaths.
Making such proclamations also sends the wrong message to our allies in the fight against terror, as if the U.S. makes, changes, or breaks the international partnership rules as we see fit.
Such an ill-conceived policy, if put into action, would make whoever carried out the torture/murder of terrorist family members war criminals. I think it would also likely discourage informants from reporting suspected terrorists for fear that their innocent family members would be tortured and/or killed.
The level of ignorance associated with Trump's proposition and repeated public statements in the matter is beyond deep.
I think his advisers might have just told him the same thing. I just heard he completely reversed course and retracted his previous statements in regards to torture and terrorists' family members. I'll try to catch the full segment later.
ETA: Here's a link to Trump's retraction statements: http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/04/politics/d...index.html