Logic and policy - part 2

"The US does not torture."
"Torture is an action that can cause serious injury or death to a prisoner."

If a bad guy believes the stated policies above, then he knows he'll be able to walk away from whatever his American interrogators toss at him. Just put up with a little discomfort and it will all be over with no appendages missing. Simple logic removes the incentive for the adversary to speak.

So, is (waterboarding) torture?

It doesn't matter. Any actions that may appear to be torture won't work, so why bother? The best we can do is lock a suspect up and stop by every couple days to ask "wouldn't you like to go see your family now?"

Near torture by Americans shouldn't be an issue because there's no logical reason to use it.