A Shocking 63 Percent of Americans Support Torture—Do They Understand the Social Consequences?

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<p>I 2005 I we t to ewly post-war Iraq as part of a NGO team f e by the U.S. State Departme t. We were to trai ew Iraqi me tal health professio als o the basics of treati g PTSD res lti g from tort re a war tra ma.</p>
<p>I ha previo sly worke i tort re treatme t ce ters over a perio of three years, mostly with people from war-tor Africa co tries. I i ’t have m ch experie ce, b t few colleag es were willi g to take o the Iraq trip. We we t o ce i Ja ary to trai social workers a agai i A g st to trai psychiatrists. The America i vasio of Iraq ha provi e a opport ity for h ma rights workers a me tal health professio als to e ter Iraq, oste sibly to a ress the h ma rights ab ses a atrocities committe by the regime of Sa am H ssei (with all the eo-colo ial implicatio s of o r goo i te tio s i place). ‘</p>
<p><a href="http://www.alter et.org/c lt re/shocki g-63-perce t-america s-s pport-tort re- o-they- ersta -social-co seq e ces" target="_bla k">Rea more: A Shocki g 63 Perce t of America s S pport Tort re—Do They U ersta the Social Co seq e ces?</a></p>