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We've always tortured people - we just never admitted to it publicly. Making the use of torture public was for shock effect to people contemplating joining the insurgency or terrorist organizations - at the time, I think it was a good idea, but over the long term its had the effect of degrading our global stature.
Obama stated that he'll change the torture policy by executive order - but that's just a dog-and-pony show, we'll go back to torturing people covertly or handing them over the Turks or Egyptians to do our torturing for us.
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