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McCain to Trump: Waterboarding won’t be reinstated
WTOP News (Washington DC) ^ | November 19, 2016 6:32 pm | AP

Posted on 11/19/2016 5:05:03 PM PST by COBOL2Java

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — A leading Republican voice on national security matters said Saturday he doesn’t care what President-elect Donald Trump says, the United States will not reinstate waterboarding.

Sen. John McCain of Arizona, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said at the Halifax International Security Forum that any attempt to bring back harsh interrogation techniques such as waterboarding, which simulates drowning, would quickly be challenged in court.

“I don’t give a damn what the president of the United States wants to do or anybody else wants to do. We will not waterboard. We will not do it,” McCain said to applause during a panel discussion.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mccain; mccain4islamicrape; mccain4slavery; mccainvsvets; mcinsane; senile; waterboarding
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To: COBOL2Java

Curious where he gets the authority to determine what we would do or not do. Probably nowhere but, like a good statist he is, he just assumes he has the power.


41 posted on 11/19/2016 5:27:50 PM PST by Personal Responsibility (We need a separation of press and state!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Not photoshopped: Actual pic of McCain grimacing at GWB in the 1st 2000 presidential debate.

42 posted on 11/19/2016 5:29:07 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (17 years of FReeping! Man I'm getting old!)
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To: COBOL2Java

I hope McCain chokes on his oatmeal.


43 posted on 11/19/2016 5:29:21 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: stars & stripes forever

McCain is looking forward to being the token Republican on the Sunday talk shows like he was when Bush was President.

Dreams of being the maverick again.

He couldn’t become President but loves playing one on TV.


44 posted on 11/19/2016 5:29:24 PM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: COBOL2Java

McQueeg has more nuts in his hand than his pants.


45 posted on 11/19/2016 5:30:42 PM PST by soycd
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To: COBOL2Java

46 posted on 11/19/2016 5:31:24 PM PST by McGruff (Suck it up snowflakes.)
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To: COBOL2Java

How did John McCain end up on the morally, ethically and legally correct side of an issue?

Did his programming malfunction...?


47 posted on 11/19/2016 5:31:29 PM PST by thoughtomator (Purple: the color of sedition)
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To: COBOL2Java

President Trump only takes suggestions from people who WEREN’T captured, okay?


48 posted on 11/19/2016 5:37:52 PM PST by americas.best.days... ( I think we can now say that they are behind us.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Time for Johnnie to go back to attacking his own party right on cue.


49 posted on 11/19/2016 5:38:28 PM PST by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: COBOL2Java

John is not the decider.


50 posted on 11/19/2016 5:38:59 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: COBOL2Java

Okay Johnny. You can go back to your nap now.


51 posted on 11/19/2016 5:41:05 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (We need the Second Amendment to defend the Second Amendment.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Please John, just go away. Take your liberal views with you. What the hell is wrong with Arizona?


52 posted on 11/19/2016 5:41:11 PM PST by kempster
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To: pissant

Watch for him to caucus with the Democrats


53 posted on 11/19/2016 5:41:48 PM PST by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Waterboarding will soon be obsolete as brain electrical field analysis technology is developed to read thoughts involuntarily. “Put this hat on for a couple minutes, Omar, lessee what you got going on inside there...”


54 posted on 11/19/2016 5:42:14 PM PST by Yollopoliuhqui (Smarter - Faster)
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To: bigbob

It’s not our fault. The damn DemocRATS keep reelecting him!


55 posted on 11/19/2016 5:42:39 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (We need the Second Amendment to defend the Second Amendment.)
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To: LittleBillyInfidel

He suddenly gets all sassy when it’s a white president.

truth


56 posted on 11/19/2016 5:43:05 PM PST by chasio649 (Donald Trump is not the president we need, he is the president SJWs deserve)
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To: COBOL2Java
"I don’t give a damn what the president of the United States wants to do or anybody else wants to do. We will not waterboard. We will not do it,” McCain said to applause during a panel discussion.

If Sen. McCain resigns the Republican Governor of Arizona appoints a Republican replacement.

57 posted on 11/19/2016 5:45:19 PM PST by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: LittleBillyInfidel

Yeah, Juan fights like a li’l tiger when his opponent is on his side.


58 posted on 11/19/2016 5:45:45 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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To: cardinal4

The voters of Arizona just let this boob have another six years. Kooks.


59 posted on 11/19/2016 5:46:45 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: COBOL2Java
A leading Republican voice on national security matters said Saturday he doesn’t care what President-elect Donald Trump says, the United States will not reinstate waterboarding.

Trump: ".... and how many divisions does John McCain have?"

60 posted on 11/19/2016 5:48:54 PM PST by Lazamataz (TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!! TRUMP WINS!!!!)
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