“The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces nothing worthwhile.” MenWayImportantSecretMilitaryProduceTortureCustomsWorthwhileBeaten Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“The United States military is now using the music of Metallica and other heavy metal bands to break the will of Saddam Hussein supporters to get them to talk. Theyre blaring heavy metal music at them. That should make the artist feel pretty good, huh? Put your heart and soul into your last CD and the Army is using it to torture people.” PeopleFeelsShouldHeartSoulStatesLastsArtistUnitedBreakUnited StatesMilitaryBandArmyHeavyTortureMetalsSupporterSaddamHusseinHeart And SoulCdsHeavy MetalMetallicaUnited States MilitaryMetal BandMetal MusicHeavy Metal Music Author:Jay Leno
“In the United States, rising esteem for the military in uniform corresponds to the growing militarization of the society as a whole. All of this despite repeated revelations of the illegality and immorality of the military's own incarceration systems, from Guantanamo to Abu Ghraib, whose systematic practices border on if not actually constitute torture.” IfsStatesWholeUnitedPracticeUnited StatesGrowingMilitaryEsteemDespiteBordersTortureRisingRevelationsUniformsSystematicImmoralityIncarcerationGuantanamoAbu Ghraib Author:Michael Hardt
“I am sorry to be so blunt, but I do not see much ambiguity here. [Barack] Obama was late to affirm the Egyptian revolution as a democratic movement, and even then he was eager to have installed those military leaders who were known for their practices of torture. And now he is quick to make allies with the Muslim Brotherhood for tactical reasons as well (though earlier that same administration stoked Islamophobic fear about that very political party).” WellsReasonPoliticalPartyKnownLeaderPracticeMilitaryMovementRevolutionLateDemocraticSorryAdministrationBarackTortureAlliesBrotherhoodPolitical PartiesAmbiguityBluntEgyptianI Am SorryAm SorryTacticalMilitary LeaderMuslim BrotherhoodEgyptian Revolution Author:Judith Butler
“I spent four years in the Marine Corp, and a big part of the Marine Corp, especially in boot camp, is torture. The military is not going to like me saying that, but that's what it is. Boot camp is one of the most torturous things I've ever been through.” MilitaryTortureMarine Author:Travis Aaron Wade