My perspective of torture

Torture is one of the forms of punishment that many people find hard to accept because of how graphic and cruel it is. Most people are against it also because of the recent incidents in Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. It is true that in those locations, humanity was really taken to the edge. We are shocked by the images we see, and we quickly come to the conclusion that torture is unacceptable. No one has ever heard of a torture that has turned out well. However, I believe that most torture is done in secret by organizations such as the CIA, etc. We don’t know how much useful information the government has being able to obtain from prisoner torture, because those are considered as top secret. No one is going to reveal the fact that the world was somehow saved by torture. Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay prison torture was leaked out because several individual soldiers thought the act was “entertaining”. Are we to block out the possibility of torture just because of the actions of several unlawful individuals? People must step out of that sphere of discomfortness of torture and look at the bigger picture. We have all heard about individuals who heroically sacrificed themselves for the greater cause. This is the same idea. If we can prevent the lose of thousands or even just ten people then its worth it. Someone brought up the movie Private Ryan during the discussions and I know that it was a fiction but in the plot eight men risk their lives to save the life of a single soldier who’s mother has already lost three of her sons in the war. You ask yourself this question, were the lives of one man worth the lives of eight other individuals? Another example is the dropping of the two atomic bombs in Japan during World War II. The destructions of these two bombs killed hundreds and thousands of innocent Japanese civilians. But why was it dropped? Because there was the “possibility” of Japan surrendering if enough destruction was caused, and it would save the lives of a lot of Allied troops which was about to invade mainland Japan. I understand the argument that some of you guys making about innocently torturing people and not obtaining any useful information. The government is very corrupt I understand but they don’t go out and just torture random individuals. These are tortures done after intensive amount of investigation of the person. There are times when mistakes are made, but sometimes its worth it if you look at the great benefits if it does succeed.

Please rebut me. Thanks.