Republican ’values’ harming America

You might recall John McCain's shameless flip-flopping on the issue of torture last February. (In a nutshell: John McCain was for banning torture before he was against it.) Luckily, there are still folks in Washington willing to say what should be obvious to everyone:

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The use by the United States of harsh interrogation methods against suspected terrorists has stained the country's image and is putting US soldiers' lives at risk, experts said here Wednesday.

"If we use torture when we question prisoners, we forfeit the right to demand that anyone treat our soldiers decently if they are taken prisoner," former army intelligence officer Stuart Herrington told AFP at a forum on the use of torture in interrogations.

"If we engage in that kind of activity, we put our soldiers at increased risk," he said.

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