Woo hoo
As long as he means using it on suspected terrorists and not Cruz supporters, I agree.
In fact, they could set up a waterboarding attraction at Disney and people would wait in line for it.
Same people who argue that waterboarding is cruel and unusual or torture, are usually not only fine with ripping babies apart and selling their body parts, but even often say abortion restrictions are torture.
Trump does have his good points.
Trump hits another out of the park. waterboard, public humiliation, use of pork in multiple ways.
+1,000
Even one of the CIA big boys said it could be revived if conditions warrant it.
So Donald agrees with the CIA...
Those who condemn waterboarding can read right? Then why would they complain about its use on terrorists more than on its use on our own elite soldiers?
The answer is that it really is not "torture" in the sense they claim it is. In a broad sense if "torture" is to mean forcing somebody to endure something they do not like, than all forms of punishment and imprisonment are "torture". But in the sense that the word means something so awful and inhumane it is never morally justifiable under any circumstances, it would not be something we would have let happen to our own soldiers in training, and if it had been done there would be complete outrage on everybody's part.
The point is illustrative of a classical error in logic turning on an equivocation. A deductive representation of the argument against waterboarding:
Premise 1) Waterboarding is torture.
Premise 2) Torture is always morally wrong.
Concludion: Waterboarding is always morally wrong.
The problem is that premise 1 and 2 can only be established by using the term "waterboarding" in different senses as I described above.
A more obvious example of the same fallacy of equivocation can be seen in this argument:
Premise 1) A bank is a good place to keep your money
Premise 2) There is a bank along the edge of the creek.
Conclusion: The edge of the creek is a good place to keep your money.
Of course premise 1 and premise 2 are using the term "bank" in different senses. Like "waterboarding" in the other argument, if you use the same sense in both premises, you can't justify both at once.
Let me be the first with an appropriate response: Impeach Trump.
Trump may have criminal instincts. He is definitely an idiot.
You tell em Mr President
I wish he would follow up with:
And After I am elected and Hillary is in Prison I am going to Waterboard Her to see how many State Secrets she actually sold.
Like Senator Cruz, I don’t love it. But like Ted, I think it’s sometimes necessary. In fact, I’m willing to do a lot more to these terrorists. It’s about protecting our country and saving lives.
I would set the terrorists and their supporters on fire then ask them questions.
In related news, Governor Kasich, when asked if he likes water boarding, replied no, but he thinks that being pulled behind a boat on an inner tube is “neat-o”.