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...save thousands of lives—as a justifiable reason to consider torture as a last resort. But to think primarily in terms of such TV scenarios is unrealistic given that we never have all the important pieces of information to make such judgments. In the experience of Army Col. Stuart Herrington, a military intelligence specialist who conducted interrogations in Vietnam, Panama, and Iraq during Desert Storm, torture is “simply not a good way to get information.” According to Herrington, nine out of 10 people can be persuaded to talk with...
...informed but highly opinionated." Colbert is speaking about his on-air persona, the pundit and star of The Colbert Report, the spin-off of Comedy Central's hit fake-news series The Daily Show. Still, after a while, he stops himself. "I think I need to start calling him Col-bear," says the actor, using the correct pronunciation of his surname, "and me Col-bert. It's getting weird...
...Campbell tries to capitalize on lingering American hostility towards a continent that vociferously opposed the war in Iraq. It’s ludicrous that an action-comedy would try to proselytize in the first place. It’s downright hilarious given the number of historical errors it contains: Col. Beauregard talks about the “Confederate States” more than a decade before the Confederacy formed. Perhaps no one sees a Zorro movie for a history lesson, but it’s just as unlikely they see it for a political sermon. Likely, Zorro fans will still...
...ports of Beaumont and Galveston, which are key debarkation points for U.S. troops and goods going to Iraq and Afghanistan. "We're not just looking at Rita's impact over the next few days and weeks-we're looking at how it might impact the war effort," said Col. Pounding on Friday morning. "Getting those troops and all that equipment lined up in close sequence is a monumental task...
...Some military planners say it actually helped that Rita came on the heels of Katrina. "It's actually made it easier, since we were already up and running with an emergency operation, and it's a matter of shifting resources to the west," said Col. Chris Hughes, the division chief for operations and contingency plans and the officer in charge of the Katrina/Rita op center. Now, with Rita's passing, perhaps the staff can finally get some rest...