“If it saves one American soldier or Marine it is worth it.”
That’s the problem… it won’t. It may appear to save lives with a fluke instance of good information from this torture technique, but then count lives lost from bad intel., and our own forces who are attacked and our captured soldiers tortured because we have no honor in treatment of those we’ve captured. Plus which, how can we truly look ourselves in the mirror when we know we are no better than the Japanese with respect to human rights.

As for Steve Harrigan… he should try a real dose of waterboarding. Over half the U.S.

According to the sources, CIA officers who subjected themselves to the water boarding technique lasted an average of 14 seconds before caving in. They said al Qaeda’s toughest prisoner, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, won the admiration of interrogators when he was able to last between two and two-and-a-half minutes before begging to confess.

CIA officers subjecting themselves to such torture lasted an average of 14 seconds. The fact we know of Khalid Sheik Mohammed who received the admiration of his torturers for sustaining being waterboarded (only in that regard) for over two and a half minutes of our armed forces tells you it kicks your ass mentally. Steve Harrigan is a joke… as is the station he works for… as is this country’s treatment of prisoners and its foreign policy.

Time for a change.

If it saves one American soldier or Marine it is worth it.

Nice logic, j, but how about when our enemies, terrorists or not, capture our guys and think all torture is fair game since we do it? You’re an idiot.

n0totron is retarded says :

agreed – these people are sand eating scumbags

Hey n0totron – you’re just a bigot – and an idiot.

Sacrament says :

looks like these people that are against waterboarding are trying to protect the terrorists to me. yeah terrorists, you know, those people who would massacre our whole country without a second thought…

Sacrament: Exactly what part of “prohibited under international law” don’t you get.
Hey, how about all three of you tough guys join the military and help out our men & women who are in desperate need of assistance. Yeah, thought so.