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What is the function of state terrorism/torture?

1) Internal and External Pacification
2) Internal Political Gamesmanship
3) 'Getting off' / Fantasies of Revenge

Can we really rate which are worse than the others? Are Bush/Cheney's torture team religiously corrupt/inhuman? I dont think we should approach it from that angle.

There is a huge gulf in between the idea that torture is righteously justified, and the reality that it is merely a cheap political tool. That is the essence of what bugs me. Is that they can run their mouths off on the cable news shows about 'defending the country' blah blah blah, when all they really wanted was a way to create political value for themselves. Utterly Immoral Means for a cheap, disposible, personal end.

Sorry to rant...