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On Waterboarding: Lesser of Two Evils

Submitted by Gene, Dec 13, 2007 16:32

I personally could care less if the CIA use waterboarding to gain information from terrorists who have vowed to kill every American they can. One must remember that these people live to kill, not to help civilization. This has been spread across the world on TV and in newspapers - did our politicians miss this while working to defeat our military? Ask Senator McCain what types of real torture he endured under the VC and then see if we do this to our captured terrorists?

I say send every lawyer who represents the terrorist to Pakistan and Iraq and turn them loose for a couple of weeks to find people who will verify that these people have nothing to do with terrorism. Remember Daniel Pearl went to get a story for publication and lost his life to these same people we used a little water on. At least they are eating three meals per day, get to worship, get medical attention and have access to a legal team - was this afforded to Daniel Pearl? Was this afforded to the people in the WTC? Any Senator or Congress member who voted to stop the use of waterboarding must be held accountable by the citizens whose very life could be on the line if the information is not obtained otherwise.

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I would favor waterboarding and cutting of fingers and other tortures if they worked. The facts are that they don't... [MORE]	carl mack	Dec 14, 2007 23:30
I am frankly quite alarmed by the Mr. Johnston's willingness to ignore the effects of psychological torture. Oppressive regimes around... [MORE]	ARich	Dec 14, 2007 14:23
The Bill of Rights only applies to citizens and legal aliens under areas of U.S. jurisdiction. I have no problem with... [MORE]	PRN	Dec 13, 2007 21:15
any one tried being the person being water boarded? or any other 'severe' method of interrogation? let me (and countless... [MORE]	B Cohen	Dec 13, 2007 18:52
I personally could care less if the CIA use waterboarding to gain information from terrorists who have vowed to kill...	Gene	Dec 13, 2007 16:32
There are several reasons that making aggressive interrogation illegal is a bad idea. It will not prevent terrorists from killing... [MORE]	Winfred Mann	Dec 13, 2007 14:52
Popular assessments in the US military and intelligence services described information from torture as unreliable. It would now appear that... [MORE]	John House	Dec 13, 2007 20:07
U.S. interrogation techniques are NOT torture, period. Those who are saying differently are incompetent or asserting propaganda for political benefit... [MORE]	Dr Coles	Dec 13, 2007 14:18
Mr. Johnson is absolutely correct. We have defined torture down. Every candidate for the presidency should be asked the following... [MORE]	Michael J. Clowes	Dec 13, 2007 14:08
Once again, a Sun contributor dares to confound current thinking with the truth. Bravo Mr. Johnson! Physically removed, and insulated... [MORE]	John Spencer Yantiss	Dec 13, 2007 11:51

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