"PS For anybody who thinks I'm an idealistic idiot (yes you Tom) bear in mind that the Nazis summarily executed or worse, captured Sovs. Our guys, and the Brits were generally, though not always, treated ok (for very large values of ok, but still a lot better than the alternative). This was in part motivated by racial ideology, but also because they knew we were treating their guys decently. And this was from the folks that brought you Auschwitz.
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More selective history, The treatment received by Soviet POWs was a direct result of the actions of Stalin, Commisars were shot out of hand, the starvation suffered by Soviet POWs was because STALIN would not allow them to recieve red cross packages, US and British POWs were supplying their guards with chocolate and cigarettes they could not get outside the camps. Your asinine excuse that it will cause poor treatment of US prisoners fails to take into account treatment received from the Japanese, Koreans, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Arabs over the last 68 years.
Waterboarding ain't shit. In Belfast and Beirut they had some neat tricks with a Black and Decker, (Belfast Hospitals are the best in the world at rebuilding kneecaps ), I could break most people with just a wall, a pail (empty) and a length of broom handle.