Why is there still a debate...

Ok, why are we STILL having this asinine debate on torture?

Torture is illegal! PERIOD!!! This idea that by using torture has helped keep America safe is just flat out wrong! If anything it has drastically weakened our place in the world. How can we expect to defeat the idea of terrorism, when by using torture we are in fact COMMINTTING an act of terrorism ourselves? Torture has NEVER been proven as a reliable intelligence gathering practice because any person under extreme pain or duress will tell you whatever the hell you want them to, regardless of whether its true or not! Not to mention, by simply using torture to create a crimal case against a person annihiliates any chance of prosecution because nearly EVERY court in the world refuses to take evidence gained while the person was under any form of duress.

The use of torture, even once, in any form degrades not only the United States government; it also destroys our values, ourselves, and every other person on this Earth!