Lonnie Hardy04/20/2015

Communications 101
Ms. Catie Smith, Instructor
WHY TORTURE DOES NOT WORK
General Purpose: To persuade
Specific Purpose: To persuade you to gain understanding of how our government has
improperly violated the human rights of thousands in effort to garner unusable
intelligence to combat the war on terror, and to create a desire to become actively
engaged in the effort to thwart these illegal abuses
Introduction:
Capture:

I. I spent twenty-three years and 15 days fighting to protect the

rights and liberties of people around the world, yet somehow the
events of 9/11, 2001 created a moral shift enabling what I believed
to be true, right, and good to made nothing.

Motivate:

II. We as unassuming citizens are losing our humanity as we stand

by watching as innocent people are being tortured and rendered for
often time useless and unactionable information in a bloated effort
to fight the war on terror.

Transition (if needed) III. Do you want to know what is happening, or is your intent to
simply sit with your head in the sand, and pretend people are not
being tortured at the hands of the American government?
Preview:

IV. In the pre-9/11 era the United States was the world leader in
Human Rights support, today everything is changed, let me tell
you how and why.
A. The U.S. once was the moral leader of the free world; today
this is simply not the case.
B. What our government does today to those it fears.
C. What our presidents are being told and by whom.
D. There are those in the military who to continue to speak out
against human rights abuses.
E. What the soldiers say changes everything.

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I am an advocate for violence as well as the Rule of Law.

Body:
First Main Point

I. What I cannot do is countenance the use of torture on anyone

regardless of their status as combatant or non-combatant
A. The United States supported the Conventions of Geneva for
a reason, why are we now violating those rules?
B. What are the Rules of Law?
C. What is Armed Interdiction and why is it important?
D. What should we sacrifice for national security?

When we torture, we stoop to the same level of terror used so wantonly by our
enemies.
Second Main Point

II. We have become what our government fears most.

A. We are willing to render and torture in the name of national
security.
B. How did we come to violate the rules of law?
C. We do not believe in the Human Rights of others.

We are not supposed to torture; how is it we do?

Third Main Point

III. Isnt the President of this Country supposed to uphold the

Constitution and Bill of Rights?
A. The war on terror renders obsolete the Geneva
Convention.
B. What changed?
C. We have given a gift to every despot and illegitimate
dictator around the world.

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There are those who still believe and work to thwart those who would violate the
rights of others.
Fourth Main Point

IV. I learned the truth about the value of torture from a common
soldier.
A. Torture does not garner usable intelligence.
B. Torture is not the moral high ground.
C. There is no ethical approach to the use of torture.

We are protected by the Bill of Rights and Constitution of the United States.
Conclusion:
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Our leaders have produced a situation which leaves our belief

in human rights and torture unsupportable.
We as a society cannot support torture in any form.
Do you have any idea what your government is doing?
Each of us can influence what our president does and how he
acts on our behalf.
Be the one on the ground who creates a voice, be heard!
Stand tall, believe that you have a voice, and for heavens sake
do something!

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Works Cited
Hardy, Joseph Master Sergeant, US Army. Personal Interview. 6 October 2014.
Human Rights Watch. Extraordinary Rendition, Extraterritorial Detention, and
Treatment of Detainees. Restoring Our Moral Credibility and Strengthening Our
Influence July 26th, 2007 by Human Rights Watch.
Jaffer, Jameel, and Amrit Singh. Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from
Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond. N.p.: Columbia University Press, 2007. N. pag.
Columbia University Press. Web. 15 Oct. 2014.
Krulak, Charles C., and Joseph P. Hoar. "Its Our Cage, Too." the Washington Post 17
May 2007. Web. 14 Oct. 2014.
Petraeus, David H. Letter to Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen
Serving in Multi-National Force Iraq. May 10, 2007. Washington Post, 2007. Web.
Schroth, Raymond A. Facing Up to Torture. America 11 November 2013: 20-24. Print.

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