(December 9, 2014 at 11:01 am)Manowar Wrote: I think most of people know what we did to out prisoners but this is going to remind them and may put our soldiers at a greater risk if captured.
Islam doesn't need external motivation for the harsh treatment of its prisoners:
Qur'an (5:33) - "The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides..."
Qur'an (8:12) - "Remember thy Lord inspired the angels (with the message): "I am with you: give firmness to the Believers: I will instill terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their fingertips off them."
Existing moral precepts and consequent laws and treaties on the matter should be sufficient justification for the prohibition of torture. Future captives are already at high risk of torture, so I find its consideration superfluous.
I'll have to pay closer attention when this future risk to soldiers reasoning is used. It could be that it is invoked when engaging torture apologists who have long since abandoned morality and lawfulness in order to excuse the atrocity.
