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To: dennisw
Below are photographs taken by Jonah Blank last month at Tuol Sleng Prison
in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.


Nice try at moral equivalence by the writer.

But there's one big difference between water-boarding as used by
Pol Pot's buds and the US operatives.

I suspect most all of the ones in Cambodia are D-E-A-D.
(IIRC, something like 6 prisoners out of 15,000 survived a stay
at Pol Pot's major prison, as reported on The History Channel.)

Reportedly, all the ones so treated by US operatives are A-L-I-V-E.
(as are the American operatives that volunteered to undergo the
procedure for testing purposes)
The real problem our captives probably have is keeping their weight down
on current rations.

(IMHO, techniques like waterboarding should be the last ditch techniques.
And only done after there is a pile of info to make sure you've
got the right man and absolutely need to do it.)
13 posted on 10/01/2006 8:07:50 AM PDT by VOA
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To: VOA

Funny, I was thinking exactly the same thing about weight when I heard they get 4000 calories a day at Gitmo for Ramadan. Seems like we are going to have a detainee obesity problem. I think the strategy is to fatten up the terrorists and render them harmless. Something we Americans are very good at, fattening up the enemy.


30 posted on 10/01/2006 8:23:23 AM PDT by appeal2
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To: VOA
"Below are photographs taken by Jonah Blank last month at Tuol Sleng Prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia."

Nice try at moral equivalence by the writer.

Did you know that they served carrots occasionally at the Nazi death camps?

They also serve carrots occasionally in American schools.

American schools are just like Nazi death camps.

77 posted on 10/01/2006 4:01:29 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is a pathological disorder masquerading as a religion.)
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