Quote Originally Posted by gugi View Post
But isn't this the exact same argument for torturing US citizens who are 'known criminals' so that they can confess and lives be saved? What makes people who happen to possess US citizenship inherently different from those who don't?
I didn't say "known criminals", I said "known terrorists". Terrorists do not have rights. They forfeit their rights when they become a terrorist. US citizenship does not make anyone inherently better than anyone else, I'm in no way implying that it does. When you commit a crime in the United States you still have rights. Committing terrorist acts forfeits those rights, applies to all people, everywhere, in my eyes.