The Torture Candidates

[Mowich]

"As hard as it is to believe, the Republican candidates for president seem to have learned very little from the moral calamities of the administration of George W. Bush. Three of the contenders for the party’s nomination have now come out in favor of the torture known as waterboarding. Only two have said it is illegal, and the rest don’t seem to have the backbone to even voice an opinion on the subject. "

More at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/o...dates.html?_r=2&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211

"If we truly believe ourselves to be exceptional, a model for all the world and an example for all of history, then why would we practice torture?

That’s what waterboarding is, and that’s why President Obama banned it — rightly. When you pour water onto someone until he gasps for air and feels as if he’s drowning, you’re not merely enhancing your interrogation. You’re putting him through a hell as physical as it is psychological. You’re torturing him, by any sane definition of the term."

More at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/o...alism.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212

 

[Walter]

[/SIZEThe great thing about waterboarding and the three prisoners that it was used upon is that it worked. One man's torture is another's interrogation technique.

 

[DurkaDurka]

One man's torture is another's interrogation technique.

Wow, that's intelligent, Walter.