Intelligence Gathering.... Why do we handcuff ourselves?

Ok, so one of the thing that really bothers me is this discussion on waterboarding and what is torture... You know, I am not for breaking any laws, but I am for using all means necessary for getting information from terrorists. Think about it, these people openly admit they would kill any american given the chance. Doesn't that say something by itself? These people hijacked our own people and willingly tried to kill 20,000 people. Why does it matter if they feel some pain? Really we are concerned about this? You have got to be kidding me. Now I think this should be court approved and supervised and that we must have enough evidence that they are indeed in the organization participating in these acts but once that is done I say let the "information gathering" begin. Most of these people in guantanamo bay have better living conditions than some americans. They get constant meals and shelter. We have a lot in this country that don't get that. I believe that once word gets out that the US is no longer soft and do some bad things to people to make them talk we are going to get a little more respect. I don't think the world is going to hate us anymore than they seem to now and you know what WHO CARES. I wish one of these presidents would grow some cajones and say you are either with the US or against us. We stop effective immediately giving money to all countries and tax everything coming into the US. We feed and financially support a ton of countries. Let's stop caring about what everyone else thinks and do what we need to in order for the US to be safe. That includings any interrogation methods deemed necessary and if they die in the process, we just saved a costly jail stay. Again, this is not for every Tom, Dick and Harry we pick up but ones through some approved oversight are deemed valuable targets of the USA. We are scolded everytime a bomb of our kills some civilians in a terrorist camp but where is the rest of the world when it comes time to collect? Standing on the doorstep of the US with their hands out asking for assistance whether it be food or money.