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Military commanders that i've spoken with who say, listen, torture doesn't get you good information. as a commander in the field he knows there are a whole host of other reasons not to torture. he knows in iraq and afghan and elsewhere, these are battles for the hearts and minds of people. listen, i was in iraq during abu ghraib when those photos were released. the damage that did to u.s. standing there at a time it was trying to earn the confidence of the iraqi people, these things make a difference in that part of the world in the views of military commanders such as general mattis. so, it's...