# A Satirical Defense of Torture and Iraqi Civilian Lives

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2118817442394718286
- Source account: [@donkoclock](https://x.com/donkoclock)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:47
- Published: 2026-11-10
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/St9gnOPOLurL/en/a-satirical-defense-of-torture-and-iraqi-civilian-lives

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/St9gnOPOLurL/en/a-satirical-defense-of-torture-and-iraqi-civilian-lives) To the issue of the Iraqi civilians, I think that as many of them should survive as possible, because the goal of any military conflict is to kill as few people as possible.

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/St9gnOPOLurL/en/a-satirical-defense-of-torture-and-iraqi-civilian-lives?t=12) But as for Saddam Hussein and his henchmen, I think the ideal solution would be to cut off their fingers.

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/St9gnOPOLurL/en/a-satirical-defense-of-torture-and-iraqi-civilian-lives?t=18) I don't think it's necessary to kill them entirely.

[0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/St9gnOPOLurL/en/a-satirical-defense-of-torture-and-iraqi-civilian-lives?t=21) We're not a barbaric people. We respect life, therefore, torture is the way to go, because torture people can live.

[0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/St9gnOPOLurL/en/a-satirical-defense-of-torture-and-iraqi-civilian-lives?t=27) Torture is a celebration of life and human dignity.

[0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/St9gnOPOLurL/en/a-satirical-defense-of-torture-and-iraqi-civilian-lives?t=32) We need to remember that as we enter these very dark and dangerous times in the next century.

[0:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/St9gnOPOLurL/en/a-satirical-defense-of-torture-and-iraqi-civilian-lives?t=38) And I only hope that many of my peers and people who will be leading this country will appreciate the value and respect that torture shows those other cultures.