Overheard Starbuck

"Do you think our military interrogators in Guantanamo, Iraq and Afghanistan take it easy on pregnant detainees?"
---"Our people are trained professionals and one can't extract vital information from a dead terrorist. Don't you watch 24? I imagine the Israeli's have passed on techniques they've developed over the years which deal specifically with pregnant women."
"How about the sick, the lame, the insane, the dying?"
---"Again, our people are professionals. Non-coms may do the softening up, like in Abu Ghraib, but ultimately a team of officers are responsible for the quantity and quality of information obtained.--Careers are on the line."
"Children? Jews? Christians?"
---"Christians? Jews? --you're funny. In the US military there are protocols for every contingency. When American lives are on the line, you can be sure our people know exactly what to do. Remember the interrogators in the military, the CIA, DEA, FBI, etc., are Americans. They drive the same cars, eat the same food, watch the same movies and games on tv as you and your neighbors. Don't worry about the unborn terrorists, insurgents or detainees. "