AND here is the added benefit, they are legal! Thats right, you dont have to break treaties and American law to use a nice plate of cookies. You will never have to worry about being investigated or brought up on charges for giving someone a cookie.
On the other hand
Torture takes the gun right out of the hand of our soldiers.
They are at risk of being tortured in revenge for the torture we did
Enemy combatants will not surrender because we have a reputation of using torture.
They cant forge alliances with the local inhabitants because our reputation for using torture precedes us.
Now you cant say that about a cookie now can ya?
