Here's the part that I have trouble understanding. A lot of people get their underpants all up in a wad over pouring water down a known terrorist's nose? Interesting. Is that really torture? I think pledging a fraternity is closer to torture than that is. Besides, are they, the terrorists, not lucky in some ways that they were captured, and not killed in battle?
Torture is frying someone's hands over fire. Torture is dripping water on someone's forehead in the desert until they die. Torture is beating someone to death's bleeding edge. Torture is cutting off private parts, or fingers, or whatever. The history of torture is way, way, way way way more severe and permanent than pouring water down someone's nose.
So the question is: is water boarding torture? It causes no long term damage, and it doesn't kill, or leave scars. The victim completely and totally recovers from the experience. So in the words of Dennis Miller, perhaps its heaven sent.
I just find it interesting that right now, there are US troops abroad killing the enemy. Shooting them, blowing them up with bombs, destroying buildings, you know... all out no holds bar war.
But in Cuba, they just poor water down captured terrorist's noses. So are we saying that it's okay to wipe them clean off the face of the earth with superior fire power, but not okay to poor water down their nose? I'm confused.
And now Gitmo is supposed to close. And the million dollar question is: where do we put the captured terrorists? The obvious solution has been overlooked for too long. Many people suggest you can't just take them back to where they came from, they'll become terrorists again. Sure, history has certainly proved that true. I say send them back to the war, where they came from. But instead of dropping them off at the city center, where they can be welcomed home by their terrorist buddies, just drop them off in the middle of the battle field... say... a half a click (0.3 miles) from a marine base. I mean, if we have to close Gitmo and send them somewhere, back to war is the only logical answer. Unless they are insane (which unfortunately is highly probable), would they not beg to go back to Gitmo?
I just find it fascinating that generally speaking, it seems that so many people have a bigger problem with water boarding, than killing the enemy in battle.
