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John McCain rips GOP presidential candidates Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann on waterboarding
The New York Daily News ^ | 2011-11-15

Posted on 11/15/2011 12:50:46 PM PST by rabscuttle385

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To: rabscuttle385

I know Special Forces go through “SERE” training to understand how the enemy may interogate them...Do fighter pilots go through the same? Would McCain say he was tortured then by the US Navy?


21 posted on 11/15/2011 1:06:04 PM PST by jakerobins
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To: slowhandluke
What the Japanese did was kill people. Waterboarding doesn't kill. It was tossed into one of the war criminal indictments as a sort of "everything but the kitchen sink" deal.
22 posted on 11/15/2011 1:06:11 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: rabscuttle385

I’m sure the author’s name is mere coincidence.


23 posted on 11/15/2011 1:07:32 PM PST by C. Edmund Wright (Moderator of Florida Tea Party Convention Presidential Debate)
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To: muawiyah

If anyone but Romney wins, McCain will be a “maverick” and endorse Barack.


24 posted on 11/15/2011 1:12:57 PM PST by bigdirty
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To: rabscuttle385

I thought we had made up for waterboarding Khalid with the Fast and Furious program. Is McCain thinking we did not kill enough Americans because Khalid’s plan was much bigger. Does he have a town in the US we should bomb to make the numbers higher. What a dunce.


25 posted on 11/15/2011 1:19:12 PM PST by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: bigdirty

Hell, he endorsed him when he was the nominee. The good people of Arizona return him to the Senate at every opportunity. So, there are still those that love him. I am just not one of them.


26 posted on 11/15/2011 1:23:25 PM PST by sport
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To: muawiyah
Not only did the Japanese kill US prisoners randomly, some fo their officers actually ate them. This is referenced in the book "Flyboys" which, oddly enough, was written by the author "Flags of my Fathers" -- a book about Sen. McCain's father & grandfather.
27 posted on 11/15/2011 1:30:19 PM PST by Tallguy (You can safely ignore anything that precedes the word "But"...)
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To: rabscuttle385
We actually prosecuted Japanese war criminals specifically for the act of waterboarding against Americans,” he said.

I'm pretty sure this is a lie, for the simple reason that if it were true it would have been publicized when this issue was first argued in the press.

28 posted on 11/15/2011 1:32:19 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: rabscuttle385

This is my take on McCain. He wants to ensure that the Republicans lose this round because he lost the last time. He knows that people will remember that he lost the race and wants to have people think that the population just doesn’t want a Republican President right now instead of thinking that he just sucks. I am seriously thinking I am right. He would rather another Republican lose so it takes the onus off of him alone. Think about it. Why would a Republican NOT RUNNING right now blast any candidate.


29 posted on 11/15/2011 1:34:51 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: rabscuttle385

Just change the term name to “Enhanced Shower Technique”.


30 posted on 11/15/2011 1:37:45 PM PST by Mark (Don't argue with my posts. I typed while under sniper fire..)
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To: rabscuttle385

Ugh, what a maroon.


31 posted on 11/15/2011 1:49:01 PM PST by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: C. Edmund Wright
McCain is just jealous that Bachmann and Cain are more of a hero than he will ever be.

McStain is a disgrace to the uniform he claimed to wear.

32 posted on 11/15/2011 1:50:18 PM PST by PalinPlease
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To: rabscuttle385

Knowing that John McCain is still in the Senate is torture for me.

What is keeping him from joining the party he really belongs to, The Democrats.


33 posted on 11/15/2011 1:52:12 PM PST by Venturer
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To: hinckley buzzard
They did ~ but the propagandists make out like the guy was executed solely for waterboarding. He was actually executed for killing people and cutting off their parts ~ REAL TORTURE.

He did a lot of killing.

Waterboarding was not a capital offense then or now. It shouldn't be an offense at all.

34 posted on 11/15/2011 2:13:28 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

Thanks for the endorsement, Juan.

Thanks for telling us who are the real conservatives in this race.


35 posted on 11/15/2011 4:07:53 PM PST by BenKenobi (Honkeys for Herman! 10 percent is enough for God; 9 percent is enough for government)
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To: rabscuttle385

Well John we prosecute Americans for killing other Americans absent due process. Is death by missile up the whazoo more inhumane than dunking?


36 posted on 11/15/2011 4:12:03 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: PalinPlease
McStain is a disgrace to the uniform he claimed to wear.

Could you explain that please.

37 posted on 11/15/2011 4:15:41 PM PST by Churchillspirit (9/11/01...NEVER FORGET.)
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To: rabscuttle385

Personally I have no problem with waterboarding the creeps they have at Gitmo, but after what McCain endured I have to respect his opinion on the subject.


38 posted on 11/15/2011 4:17:23 PM PST by Churchillspirit (9/11/01...NEVER FORGET.)
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To: BenKenobi

You’ll have to translate that into some “who struck johns” if I’m supposed to figure out what you just said.


39 posted on 11/15/2011 4:26:14 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

Juan attacking Cain and Bachmann is the same thing as an endorsement.


40 posted on 11/15/2011 4:30:31 PM PST by BenKenobi (Honkeys for Herman! 10 percent is enough for God; 9 percent is enough for government)
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