On February 5, 2016. Time Magazine published an article called  Pentagon Releases Detainee Abuse Photos after ACLU Lawsuit

This Article is about Detainee Abuse. This topic greatly affects us a nation and as individuals. It is not a shocking revelation that most of the free world does not like the United States as a nation or Americans as individuals. The United States have been taking prisoners from war or other means since the War on Terrorism started in September 2001. The United States has used rules and regulations under the cloud of terror to obtain information used to help secure America. Many of the terrorist that were captured around the world were on a deck of cards. The Deck of cards is a deck of cards used by the USA, United Nations, and other countries to use as tool to capture the world’s most notorious terrorist.  US governmental agencies along with shadow departments within the government used unique interrogation techniques to make detainees talk. The United States is known around the world for the only country to actually follow the rules set by the Geneva Convention.  I have included a link that gives the definition and history behind it. We have followed these rules since roughly World War II.

            The United States has lost service members in almost every conflict, war, or skirmish country that the United States has been in since World War II. Countries have exploited that in every form possible. Without some of the new methods used to interrogate detainees we would have never made the intelligence gains that we made over the last 15 years. We had to change the way we question because the enemy was trained in how to beat our interrogation techniques. In many countries legal trials do not take months or years. Many countries have streamlined legal systems and punishment. For Example, when Saddam Hussein was declared guilty his death sentence was literally carried out minutes later. I have included the video link to show the time it took literally for it to happen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGQaPYzFZ8o

           

This information that follows was taken directly from the Council of Foreign Relations webpage. “The Geneva Conventions are a set of treaties regarding humanitarian issues of civilians and combatants in wartime. There are four Geneva Conventions, last revised in 1949, and three additional Protocols - two from 1977, and one from 2005.” I have included this link, which explains the law in further detail.

http://www.cfr.org/human-rights/geneva-conventions/p8778

            Once you read this article, you will understand why this is a serious issue. I feel that what happened was a necessary evil that had to happen to keep the US safe. Please make your own decision and please pick a side. Do not stand on the sidelines.