Big_Monkey:
If these people wore uniforms and respected the rule of law, then I'd be right with McCain. But, they don't. They operate without regard to any western principles of honorable war. Paraphrasing Churchill, he said that the enemy is the one that defines the rules of engagement. Our enemy, this enemy defines the rules of engagement as anything goes, at anytime towards anyone. Waterboarding not only ISN'T torture under their rules, it's really just light stretching before the warm-up.Way to not be better than your enemy!
Scotswife shows where this logic takes us:
And to the point....the Inquisitors were also trying to extract information regarding muslim plots against the Spanish government.Also convert all the Jews and then kill them...
jackv is all about defining torture up:
Hey mccain....WE DON’T TORTURE!!! Waterboarding with a dr standing by is hardly life threatening. The word torture has been hijacked by these weenies.So if no one dies, it's not torture? The guys we tortured to death might have something to say to that. Also, you know, the whole point of torture is that the person you torture stays alive!
wastedyears gets to the heart of the issue
Terrorists are not afforded any protection under the Geneva Conventions.Torture as revenge. This is what the real story is. Revenge is fun. Revenge is Freepers' vice. Also Cheney's.
We’re free to do whatever we want with them in Times Square, NYC.
I’m sure a few New Yorkers will have some choice words to say to them.
I guess jackv didn't get the memo from Mancow Muller that waterboarding is indeed torture!
ReplyDeleteOf course, the Freepers rationalize it by saying that he wasn't mutilated, the story was "biased," compared it to listening to Obama speak, etc.