即使将道德和法律问题放在一边 — — 当然我们绝不能这样做 — — 严刑拷打和暗杀策略是否能够达成平息叛乱的目的也值得怀疑。
Even putting aside moral and legal questions – which one should never do – it is doubtful whether the strategy of torture and assassination can achieve its pacifying purpose.