Waterboarding
It’s been the subject of many congressional hearings, media exposes, and it’s a key phrase to define the policies of our current leadership: waterboarding.
There is no question that the U.S. employs the waterboarding technique while interrogating alleged criminals. This has been openly sanctioned in Justice Department memos and confirmed by numerous sources within the federal government.
The impossible contradiction facing the Bush Whitehouse, and our country at large, is that we openly use this technique, and yet “we don’t torture”. I won’t tell you what I think of waterboarding, because now you can decide for yourself.
Please, go read about the technique at waterboarding.org and decide whether this constitutes as torture. This is the United States of America in 2007. We know too much information to pretend otherwise.
[Update Nov 6]
Here’s Jon Stewart’s take on the issue. (And provides some context for the first comment)
Filed under culture, war : Comments (1) : Nov 6th, 2007 by tadfad
November 6th, 2007 at 08:14
I can’t wait to hop in my Jeep Liberty, grab a mountain dew, and go waterboarding.