I respect your opinion, although I don't totally agree with it, but I have to disagree with the statement I put in bold above. Making nice with "our friends" Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Daniel Ortega, Jugo Chavez and the Castro brothers is not acceptable. Some people can be reasoned with and some can't. Radicals whose lone goal is to receive virgins in heaven for suicide bombing U.S. interests can't be reasoned with and measures must be taken to extract information from them to keep our country safe. Yes, the Japanese and Germans tortured during WWII and I'm sure the U.S. and its Allies performed some acts we aren't proud of, but they kept us safe and ended a war. War isn't pretty. I believe there are places the media doesn't belong and one of them is in the middle of the war broadcasting their views or the views they want to promote. I would do anything to ensure my family is safe, and I mean anything. The U.S. government better feel the same way about its citizens.