[Vision2020] Some thoughts on terrorists and torture.

[Chasuk]

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:04, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:

> I am not sure what all water boarding consists of. If it is nothing more than repeated dunking, I am not sure that it is. I would defer to John McCain on this.

I'm sorry, Roger, that isn't good enough.  It would take all of 20
seconds of your time to learn everything you ever wanted to know about
waterboarding.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterboarding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LPubUCJv58

King James I of England considered waterboarding to be worse in
severity than thumbscrews and the rack.

http://harpers.org/archive/2007/12/hbc-90001917

According to Tran Trong Duyet, McCain's captor, he wasn't tortured,
ever, and considering McCain's record of truthfulness, I am inclined
to believe his Tran.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7459946.stm

Chas
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7459946.stm