Terror in America
December 12th, 2007 | by Dr. Forbush |The current administrati on position is that waterboardin g is not torture. Waterboardin g is merely a method for extracting information from a terrorist. Am I the only person confused here?
Waterboardin g is a method of making a suspect believe that he is about to die by drowning. The panic induced will apparently make a suspect give up everything he knows because he is afraid to die. Let me get this straight, a terrorist is a person who is prepared to strap a bomb on and blow himself up in a crowded market place or mall. Or a terrorist is a person who is willing to take control of a plane and fly it into building to kill thousands of people. So, somehow the fear of drowning will somehow make him give up all his secrets. What the Hell are they smoking over at the CIA? Or, maybe they are delving into the truth drugs that they are administerin g to their suspects.
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