Posted on 12/22/2016 8:38:41 AM PST by StevenCrowder
Hope all is well! In the spirit of Christmas, last night I was good to my word. Amidst a successful telethon, I was waterboarded live on-air by special forces Army Ranger, Tim Kennedy.
The goal was to increase awareness as to what waterboarding is, and whether we should allow our troops to use it. After watching this, make up your own mind. And guess how long I last...
“Waterboarding does not and has been shown to be effective regardless of what the media says.”
There are at least 300 Vets with PTSD and/or Anxiety Disorder from waterboarding.
Is that a permanent “wound”?
That was a gentle child’s game compared to a real waterboarding.
I dunno, if you think, “I ought to try that to see what it’s like”, then it’s not top-grade torture.
Who ever thinks “I should see how long I can stand being naked in a 40 degree cell” or “I should jam things under my fingernails to see how much pain I can stand”.
This is exactly what our troops go through. Hence the reason I had three qualified special operatives who’ve performed this hundreds of times each.
I was waterboarded in Navy SERE and it’s nothing like what I went through.
Not even close.
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