Tag: torture

  • Lone Surviver by Marcus Luttrell

    Gurglings of a conflicted mind, an exploratory post.   I read this book, and it’s haunting me. It’s about a Navy SEAL team that went on a reconnaissance mission in Afghanistan. The team was compromised by local goat herders, who they allowed to live…to their own detriment. The goat herders presumably alerted the Taliban and…

  • The Same and Worse

    As yet undecided which is a problem because before I was categorically appalled.   I fear my stance might be right-wing. I fear my stance, if I look too closely, might be inhumane. I fear my stance might make me a bad person.   In my heart I believe in torture. Torture is a way…