Edwards: Torture is morally wrong, it is illegal, it is ineffective . . . .

"I was disturbed to learn that the CIA deliberately destroyed video recordings of interrogations it conducted using extreme techniques. These tapes were destroyed during the ongoing 9-11 Commission investigation, raising deeply troubling questions about whether their destruction was intended to prevent the American people from learning the truth about the harsh interrogation techniques sanctioned by the Bush-Cheney Administration. Particularly with an issue so critical to our moral authority in the world, the American people deserve the truth, not suspicious excuses and evasions.

"Torture is morally wrong, it is illegal, it is ineffective, it endangers our own troops and citizens, and it plays into the hands of our enemies. My administration will uphold and protect the law rather than trampling over it."

http://johnedwards.com/news/press-releases/20071207-CIA-tapes/

Edwards' stand on torture is loud and clear.

what he thinks we want to hear.

operatives doin' it. ;)

torture is illegal, ineffective, morally wrong and jeopardizes our military and citizenry.

I don't think he needs to read DU to come to the same conclusion that any sane, moral American has come to on their own. That viewpoint reflects the American moral compass that has been in place for centuries that has only recently been disrupted by an illicit band of squatters in our Executive Branch who have a mockingbird chorus in the media.

Not out there mincing words on Torture, in fact, he's saying it doesn't work. Somebody needs to say that cause the geniuses in the chimphouse and congress haven't figured that out yet.

Of sending people to other countries to be tortured?

for someone that was politically dumb (late teens / early twenties) when Bill Clinton was president.

The practice of kidnapping people in one country and sending them to another to be tortured, without any judicial oversight. It wasn't done nearly as often as under Bush, but it was the first time that torture became US policy:

For example, see: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/02/14/050214fa_fact6

The more I learn about the Clinton years... the more I realize how little I knew. Its kinda sad really.

from early on ties in with this - His stance is the same and I applaud him for it.

K&R for Edwards!

I didnt like him much in '04. My opinion of him has completely turned around.