Slublog, America has captured thousands of terrorists over the past seven years. And the U.S. Government wants us to believe that they only waterboarded 3 people? 3? Come on. I don’t even believe that, and I voted for Bush twice and support the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

If they’re willing to admit one, why shouldn’t they be willing to admit all? Especially if they’re not ashamed of the practice.

Butt

Anal probes by space aliens are ok with Dennis Kucinich.

If we cannot beat the crap out of a known terrorist to get vital information to save a city of hundreds of thousands, or millions, then we are ball-less baboons playing pattycake with the banana of oblivion.

KYAG.

Kiss You Ass-pirations Goodbye.

Only 3 waterboardings? None since 2003? I’m not buying it.
SoulGlo on November 2, 2007 at 4:53 PM

Why not?

Never mind that both Bill Clinton and Chuck Schumer have now both gone on record saying that no sane person would shy away from torturing someone if they knew it would save lives.

The least common denominator is, and always will be, would you rather:

(a) torture a terrorist, or
(b) let an innocent person die

That’s a pretty easy choice for me to make. The well-being of a terrorist is not worth more than the life of an innocent person. Never will be.

Babs on November 2, 2007 at 5:49 PM

Unfortunately, Babs, I think you’re right. We’re at war with total barbarians. We don’t have to act like them (as if we could!), but we don’t have to treat them like prima ballerinas, either.

I say, if it works, waterboard the hell out of them!

My own personal opinion; stop the waterboarding of United States aviators because, if they are captured they will be tortured well beyond anything the military can do to get them ready for it. Ending in a head chopping…
The best the U.S. military can do is to educate their aviators in the art of saving one last bullet in the event of capture. I would much rather hear that my son blew his own brains out than to hear that he was tortured and then beheaded…
THAT IS THE REALITY we face today. Not some sweet Geneva Convention that our law makers want so dearly to believe in.

If we played by namby- pamby rules during World War II: “Too many French civilians are dying in bombing attacks”.”If you are unsure it’s an enemy, it’s better for PR purposes that the American GI die.” “We are behaving rudely to our Nazi POW guests.”—We would all be speaking German today.

Only 3 waterboardings? None since 2003? I’m not buying it

At every forum on which I’ve seen this discussed on today, those who like their policy nuanced have made pretty much this exact argument – the gov’t is not to be trusted under any circumstances as relates to torture. I’m sure any number of uses would have been too many for some people though.

Oh, and the process itself? It’s “Khmer Rouge-like”.

He’s a pussy. When we catch Osama, he’ll break down and cry like a Brownie, too.

Guys like that who have never got up the nerve to shed blood themselves but have it done for them are weak little men inside. Himmler fearlessly ordered millions killed but when he personally witnessed one hundred shot and their brains splattered on his uniform he got weak at the knees and had to call for his doctor.

Someone explain to me the difference.

More DU members have voluntarily waterboarded themselves, right?

My thought as well. It sounds like the voluntary to involuntary ration of waterboarding is like 10:1. The humanity! What have we become?

It works, that’s why the Dems are against it.

Seriously? Can people only talk in fallacies now?

Tough to win an election based on the premise that we have already lost the war if we start to win the war. My guess is waterboarding becomes more fashionable if the Dems win the presidency.

At least for many of its critics it is, it isn’t about policy as they know little about its actual use. It is handy for theater however. As pointed out earlier, this and other topics surrounding interrogation techniques has been a fundamentally u…