Obama: Waterboarding Was Torture
04-29-2009 9:30 pm - Fox News
Dateline: Washington DC
AP: President Barack Obama said he was "absolutely convinced" he had acted correctly in banning waterboarding, an interrogation technique that simulates drowning, and approved making public the Bush administration memos detailing its use as well as other harsh methods used on terrorist suspects. "Not because there might not have been information that was yielded by these various detainees ... but because we could have gotten this information in other ways, in ways that were consistent with our values, in ways that were consistent with who we are."
Obama Pressed: Would He Authorize Waterboarding if Threat Imminent?
04-29-2009 9:59 pm - MSNBC
Dateline: Washington DC
"That's the responsibility I wake up with and it's the responsibility I go to sleep with. And so I will do whatever is required to keep the American people safe. But I am absolutely convinced that the best way I can do that is to make sure that we are not taking short cuts that undermine who we are."
Obama: Waterboarding Was Torture
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Obama: Waterboarding Was Torture
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He's 50-100% wrong. Whether or not YOU consider water boarding to be torture is half of it. The other half is that he is dead fucking wrong that we could get that information somehow else. We need to treat terrorist captives with love and give them Cheetos and care bear dolls. That's why some guy died trying to capture them, so we can give them a comfy bed and hugs.
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I know the standard arguments and have heard several alternatives to the current "torture" methods. Can anybody shed some light or direct me to what kind of interrogation methods that will be "consistent with our values, in ways that were consistent with who we are."
There is an 11 to 17 minute response time to a 911 call. You can either choose to put effective rounds on target, neutralizing the threat, or try to find a telephone. The person who killed you while you were dialing 911 will have enough time to cook a frozen pizza before the "Badged Historians" show up to draw the chalk line.
steve7478 wrote:I know the standard arguments and have heard several alternatives to the current "torture" methods. Can anybody shed some light or direct me to what kind of interrogation methods that will be "consistent with our values, in ways that were consistent with who we are."
http://www.army.mil/institution/armypub ... 2-22-3.pdf
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I'm reminded of one of the new James Bond movies with Dan Craig where they have him nude tied to a chair with no seat and the guy whipping a rope with a big knot at the end under the chair and into his balls, now that's torture with a vengeance.
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Perhaps if we lined up all combatants captured out of uniform and shot them, we could get effectively wash our hands of these "torturous" interrogation methods. It's perfectly in line with the Geneva convention, and since we seem unable to get the desired information from the terrorists anyway (using standard interrogation techniques) we would at least be free of the responsibility of clothing, housing, feeding and providing medical treatment to people hell-bent on our destruction.
I agree, it is in line with the Geneva convention, shoot them and be done with it.Camopaintjob wrote:Perhaps if we lined up all combatants captured out of uniform and shot them, we could get effectively wash our hands of these "torturous" interrogation methods. It's perfectly in line with the Geneva convention, and since we seem unable to get the desired information from the terrorists anyway (using standard interrogation techniques) we would at least be free of the responsibility of clothing, housing, feeding and providing medical treatment to people hell-bent on our destruction.
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