washingtonpost.com — The United States knows quite a bit about waterboarding. The U.S. government -- whether acting alone before domestic courts, commissions and courts-martial or as part of the world community -- has not only condemned the use of water torture but has severely punished those who applied it.
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robberryNov 6, 2007
By using the phrase "decades of pussification", nastronomical is tacitly admitting what we've all known for years-- that liberal men get a lot more pussy than conservative men. That's why liberals don't have to cruise bathrooms for gay sex, and it's why they're far less likely to use their leadership positions to trick children and underaged teenagers into having sex with them.Remember, kids, liberals get laid. After all, when was the last time you heard of a great piece of elephant? ;-)
metalmoonNov 6, 2007
This "ticking time bomb scenario" is a figment of your imagination. The fact is that waterboarding is being used systematically at American run/sanctioned prisons around the world. Systematic torture signed of by the President is much different than the cliche story you rehashed from some movie or TV show.
crazedleperNov 6, 2007
Using the "insanity" defense again? Well, it's easier than thinking.
whiteravenNov 6, 2007
@robberryYou are operating on faulty information. The harsh measures you object to are known to work. Or are you of the belief that America is employing these methods simply out of cruelty?
misledinamericaNov 7, 2007
You're believing the programming that the Pentagon keeps putting out. dirty bombs, WMDs, suitcase Nukes. What's next ray guns, photon torpedoes, killer nanobots that can't be seen? "He who gives up liberty for security deserves neither." paraphrased from Ben Franklin.
pacetuaNov 7, 2007
Forced hydration. Water does the body good.
gebxNov 7, 2007
Oh so it's ok to just do Water boarding.. the line is drawn at kicking prisoners and burning them with cigarettes.Hey George! Good news, you're in the clear if you didn't burn them with cigarettes!!