Congress had the power to specifically outlaw “waterboarding” and they didn’t do it. Why? Because they know that in some cases it works. That’s not to say it’s always an effective technique. In fact, most experts say that it’s not.But in some cases it might be, and to declare it “torture” takes away the option, which in some cases might be the best way to get information. But of course the Democrats, and some Republicans, don’t want to do it directly, because then they might actually have to answer to people in case something horrible happens in the future and it turns out that our intelligence services didn’t have all the tools at their disposal to stop it.
Folks, this quote by our buddy Lindsey Graham pretty much sums up a good bit of our problem in fighting the war on terror:
I am convinced as an individual senator, as a military lawyer for 25 years, that waterboarding … does violate the Geneva Convention, does violate our war crimes statute, and is clearly illegal,” Graham told “Face the Nation.”
The first problem – Graham’s a lawyer. We need to keep the lawyers as far away as possible from deciding how best to fight this war, especially as it pertains to illegal combatants and terrorists. And that’s what people like KSM and many of those at Gitmo are – terrorists.
I agree. Dress them in ladies underwear. Let them get frightened by snapping, snarling German Shepherds, too. Flush their Korans down the toilet. Stuff their heads in the toilet, for all I care. Just get the information…
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