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Originally posted by Dragonlich
Yes they do. However, there's a difference between "The prisoners don't have access to legal counsel" and "The prisoners are tortured on a daily basis"...
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Generally, unless our feelings regarding the prisoners are ambiguous (as our society has taught us to feel towards these detainees), U.S. citizens hold refusal to legal counsel and torture on the same moral plane--both are abhorrent.
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