Please.... there isn't a religion I've ever heard of that hasn't condoned torture to serve it's own ends. Well, not one that's had a power base to protect. Wicca and other new-age philosophies haven't existed long enough, and certainly haven't been involved in the play that is warfare and politics.
No one has the right to judge, until they've stood in the face of it and refused. Sometimes, pragmatic behavior involves the harming of your enemies. If it serves a fuction that will improve your side's chance to survive, it's worth considering, at least. I know if someone had a gun pointed at someone I cared about (and most people I DON'T care about), and I had the choice to stop that person (killing them in the process) I'd do it. If there was a less fatal solution, I'd take it, but if there wasn't, I'd do it. Torturing of prisoners for THAT function, acceptable. Now, torturing a person for the sole purpose of your own sick amusement, that is most definately wrong.
