McCain says torture did not lead to bin Laden

Associated Press ^ | May 12, 2011 | DONNA CASSATA

[Free ThinkerNY]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques were not a factor in tracking down Osama bin Laden, a leading Republican senator insisted Thursday.

Sen. John McCain, who spent 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, also rejected the argument that any form of torture is critical to U.S. success in the fight against terrorism.

[US Navy Vet]

...sigh...

[Westbrook]

Dopey is as dopey does.

[kempo]

Water-boarding is not torture!

[nmh]

Water board McPAin !

I believe the HANDS ON MILTTARY aren’t lying when they admitted they water boarded at least TWO Muslims to get this information.

McPain RETIRE NOW.

You need to go away.

You are utterly confused.

[kempo]

Water-boarding is not torture!

[kempo]

Water-boarding is not torture!

[Truth29]

McCain, the GOPs enemy within and the most important reason we have Obama in the White House today.

[hosepipe]

Is McLAme the republican party "SNITCH"?....
Cause the democrats use him like a "viberator".. for gratification..

[MsLady]

Personally, I wouldn’t call waterboarding torture, nor keeping someone awake or standing for long periods of time, or blasting music at them. What I’d call torture would be beatings, burnings, plucking eyes out, cutting, breaking bones, starving, baking, ect.

[Let's Roll]

What else would McCain say? When it comes to torture he is understandably illogical.

[xkaydet65]

Someone should remind John, torture broke him. He said so himself at the 2008 acceptance speech.

[DTogo]

OK Juan, so how DID we find out the name of Osama’s messenger?

[Hacklehead]

How the F does HE know? Is he more familiar with this than Panetta? Just like an F’in Rino. Working hard to eliminate the effectiveness of arguments that give Republicans an advantage.

[READINABLUESTATE]

Dear Senator McCain,

Please sit down, shut up, and take your meds. Your dementia is acting up again.

[fungoking]

Yeah...he also says he is a Republican.

[Servant of the Cross]

America: Dammit John. You've tortured us enough already! Retire. Shut Up. Please. [oh .... and take your idiot daughter with you!]

[MNGal]

I have heard enough from McCain. I wish he would just stop talking.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Remember when the media was backing McCain in the republican primaries as the best candidate? This was all a setup to put the weakest republican RINO in the race for Obama to beat. McCain keeps trying to negotiate with whack left philosophy. A losing play everytime!

[allmendream]

The line on that one is that the info wasn't given “during waterboarding” but days later - after the waterboarding convinced him to talk.

So apparently unless we had him upside down with water running over his face when he gave up teh couriers name - it wasn't waterboarding that made him tell us!

Also - words mean things. Torture is still done in the world - and we don't do ANYTHING even close to most of what they do. Thus I think it critical to differentiate.

McCain bears the scars of the torture the Vietcong put him through - he winces every time he raises his arm to wave to the crowd.

KSM would have been perfectly physically able to play a good game of tennis a few hours after what we did to him.

Somehow I don't think the word “torture” really covers BOTH adequately. For one it is an apt description - for the other - a bit of a ‘stretch’ at best (and not on a rack).