American acceptance of torture only matched by Nigeria & Israel – Red Cross poll
Published time: 6 Dec, 2016 13:48

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A Red Cross poll has found that about half of American respondents believe that torture is a solution for extracting information. The US was matched only by Nigeria, Israel and Palestine.
The global ‘People on War’ poll that surveyed 17,000 people in 16 countries has revealed that indifference to torture has grown substantially since the late ’90s, especially where it concerns the five permanent UN Security Council members. By contrast, those living in war-torn countries like Afghanistan showed very little acceptance of such methods and a greater regard for international law.



According to the poll results, it appears that war crimes are now being looked at as simply a part of war – an attitude increasingly prevalent in the US, where just under half of all respondents (46 percent) support the use of torture. Only Thirty percent disagreed, with the remainder were undecided. The American shift in opinion was also by far the biggest the authors have seen: none of the other P5 members (Russia, China, France, the UK) came close in figures.

On average, one in three people in the US believed torture was “part of war.”

Together with the Afghans, the Yemenis showed the greatest aversion to torture with the record-breaking figure of 100 percent against. This is a country that has been in the grip of war for 50 years and now witnessing a resurgence in fighting since March 2015, with thousands of lives lost.

Globally, eight out of 10 people believe civilian casualties should be avoided as much as possible when going into enemy territory. The same number believe that targeting civilian infrastructure, such as hospitals and schools, is wrong.



At the turn of the millennium, in 1999, a sizeable 66 percent globally said torture was wrong.

ICRC spokesman Ewan Watson talked to DW to explain the alarming rise and the discrepancy in results, and the alarming rise in indifference is seen by him as an unsurprising development for our modern age.

“With all the images we receive from the world front lines via internet we, in countries not affected by war, have a distance to the reality of people's suffering,” he said.

The more concealed root of this shift are seen by Watson to originate in the so-called War on Terror, whose invasion of popular culture particularly desensitized people to the use of torture.

“If you look at films which show torture in action, this notion of the ticking time bomb, that you must torture somebody to reveal information that will stop something tragic happening. All that provides a kind of rational framework for torture to happen,” he added, recalling that multiple studies have testify to the technique’s ineffectiveness at obtaining information – instead breeding hatred and enemies.

Torture is internationally recognized as an illegal practice under the Geneva Conventions.

https://www.rt.com/news/369356-americans-torture-acceptance-poll/

Wow!

America and Israel, Nigeria and.........

if sars catch u ba u go kno sey no bodi fit match 9ja wen it comes 2 torture. those guys sabi torture abeg

Informative but not surprised.

Thanks for posting

Of we know the wicked zoogerians that believe in torture, they are wicked yoruba muslims and hausas. They are the one praying to their miserable Allah and bloodletting pedophile mohammed that Activist Kanu be kept in prison despite being innocent.

These group of people deserve no pity whatsoever. That's why when I see them bleed too, I become happy.

ShootToKill:
Of we know the wicked zoogerians that believe in torture, they are wicked yoruba muslims and hausas. They are the one praying to their miserable Allah and bloodletting pedophile mohammed that Activist Kanu be kept in prison despite being innocent.

These group of people deserve no pity whatsoever. That's why when I see them bleed too, I become happy.

You are obviously off topic out of hate and ignorance. There are muslims tortured as well in various Western countries. So get your hate off this thread. I am no supporter of torture but you Kanu threatening govt was treasonous case, Why didnt you advice him to keep his mouth shot before getting nabbed?

Empiree:
You are obviously off topic out of hate and ignorance. There are muslims tortured as well in various Western countries. So get your hate off this thread. I am no supporter of torture but you Kanu threatening govt was treasonous case, Why didnt you advice him to keep his mouth shot before getting nabbed?

Close your odoriferous ewedugerian mouth, you should be one getting your 'shot'. Why didn't you champion the arrest of your dog-and-baboon master who was threatening heaven and hell should he lose the election? I guess your dullharry was preaching peace talking about blood of dogs and baboons.
To you his enslaved sycophants, I guess he has more right to threaten others than kanu does, because his marauding forefathers, conquered enslaved and kick our your coward amala-swallowing fathers from Illorin. So you give him more respect and fear him than Kanu's peaceful people. Get outta here!

ShootToKill:


Close your odoriferous ewedugerian mouth, you should be one getting your 'shot'. Why didn't you champion the arrest of your dog-and-baboon master who was threatening heaven and hell should he lose the election? I guess your dullharry was preaching peace talking about blood of dogs and baboons.
To you his enslaved sycophants, I guess he has more right to threaten others than kanu does, because his marauding forefathers, conquered enslaved and kick our your coward amala-swallowing fathers from Illorin. So you give him more respect and fear him than Kanu's peaceful people. Get outta here!

Could you please STOP derailing this thread if you have nothing meaningful to say?. Thank You

Empiree:
Could you please STOP derailing this thread if you have something meaningful to say?. Thank You

My friend get out of my face. You murderous zombies disgust me!