Conservatives screwed up in the first place by not challenging the claims that water boarding is torture.
If it’s torture, it’s along the lines of sleep deprivation or loud music.
Nobody has died or injured by water boarding. Maybe the media would prefer real torture? Perhaps they could interview some real torture victims from Russia, China, Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran to get a better understanding.
Rumsfeld wrote in his book that only three detainees were ever waterboarded and none of the episodes occurred at Gitmo.
I wish that this info had been made public much earlier.
By saying water boarding is torture, they are saying we torture our own. I understand that we have used it to prepare our soldiers for what MIGHT happen to them.
Agreed. I went through SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) training before going to Vietnam. I guess by the definitions used today, we were being tortured.