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I’m no fan of waterboarding, because it’s torture, plain and simple. I’ve heard the argument from some that it’s not really torture, and I’ve also heard the argument that the ends justify the means when it comes to waterboarding, but in my book, this is the very definition of torture: Over at Right View [...] …but I would be too if the Attorney General was trying his best not to answer a very simple question. I just love Michael Mukasey trying to explain away George W. Bush‘s violations of federal law under the guise of his authority as President under Article Two of the Constitution. I guess Arlen Specter asked [...] At the beginning of January, I asked the question, “What is torture?” in response to Charlie Sykes’ assertion that waterboarding isn’t really torture, or that maybe it is, but he’d support it as long as it worked, and so when I came across this little nugget on YouTube, I couldn’t help but be reminded of [...] Well, according to Chuck Sykes, it’s not waterboarding. Here’s Chuck’s take on torture (emphasis mine): NOTE: I don’t believe I said that waterboarding wasn’t torture… personally, I don’t care what you call it: if it works I’m for it. On Insight, I was contrasting the brutal, savage torture of our enemies with our over-heated [...] |
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