Torture succeeding in the short term proves a double-edged long-term weapon

Evidence

This is certainly true of the short term, but in the longer term—as the Nazis in the Second World War, and as almost every other power that has ever adopted torture as an instrument of policy, have discovered—it is a double-edged weapon. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 609

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the terror/effectiveness tradeoff threads from earlier Algerian chapters and general counterinsurgency doctrine. — connects to: Torture was effective in winning the short-term battle of Algiers — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 608; Fast media transmission makes torture’s blowback immediate and global.; Torture proved a boomerang weapon that undermined the power using it (+8 more)

Related

• Torture is counterproductive even for intelligence gathering (similarity 0.89)
• Torture proved a boomerang weapon that undermined the power using it (similarity 0.88)
• Torture creates more terrorists than the bombs it uncovers (similarity 0.87)
• Torture was effective in winning the short-term battle of Algiers (similarity 0.86)
• Torture’s ambiguous truth makes it a potent propaganda weapon for both sides (similarity 0.84)
• Torture backfired as a boomerang weapon in the Algerian war. (similarity 0.84)
• Torture more than any single factor caused France’s Algerian defeat (similarity 0.83)
• Fast media transmission makes torture’s blowback immediate and global. (similarity 0.83)
• Torture yields false intelligence and creates more terrorists than it kills (similarity 0.82)
• Torture boomeranged against France in the Algerian war (similarity 0.82)
• Torture was the chief factor in France’s defeat. (similarity 0.80)
• Torture won the Battle of Algiers but lost the war for France (similarity 0.80)
• Institutionalized torture corrupts every institution it touches (similarity 0.80)
• Torture in Algeria left a lingering poison in the French system (similarity 0.80)
• The Battle of Algiers exposed torture as a lasting poison for France (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Torture is counterproductive even for intelligence gathering #corroborates (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 52