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2009-01-07 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by tipper 2009-01-07 06:34|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I wonder if all the NPR leftists would have their panties in such a knot about rugged interrogation methods if it was their children who would be killed in a terrorist attack that could have been prevented with knowledge gained from said interrogations.

Posted by no mo uro 2009-01-07 06:55|| 2009-01-07 06:55|| Front Page Top

#2 "And if Democrats thought it was illegal or really found the CIA's activities so heinous, one of them could have made a whistle-blowing floor statement under the protection of the Constitution's speech and debate clause."

True. But why go through all the hassle when they could just have one of their staffers leak details to the NY Times?

Posted by DepotGuy 2009-01-07 07:50|| 2009-01-07 07:50|| Front Page Top

#3 That the clowns in congress even bring up the "torture" meme is more sad proof of our downward slide. If an interrogation calls for "torture" based on the need for very quick actionable intel - do it. If an interrogation calls for a tuna sub from subway and a cup of coffee, do that to. I have the utmost confidence that the guys on the ground doing the interrogating are doing the best they can to protect our country. If that means breaking a few al queda fingers or water boarding some jihadi - I'm more than cool w/it. If the terrorists get the picture that we will fight "by any means necessary" to protect our country they will either play ball quickly or have a short career.

Posted by Andy Ulusoque aka Broadhead6 2009-01-07 10:07|| 2009-01-07 10:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Its all BS designed to embarrass the current president.

If this happens under BO, it will be called "aggressive interrogation" and left at that.

BTW, I read an article on waterboarding describing its effectiveness. The article says that waterboarding usually lasts less than a minute. Good old Khalid Shiek Mohammad (KSM for short) was waterboarded for TWENTY SECONDS, let me repeat that TWENTY FREAKING SECONDS ....and he was singing like Jose Carreras....Twenty seconds upside down in a bucket of water doesn't sound like torture to me....heck the underwater escape training they put most Navy pilots through is harsher than THAT!!!!

Posted by James Carville 2009-01-07 10:57|| 2009-01-07 10:57|| Front Page Top

#5 How long before those paragons of international moral virtue, the Belgians, indict George Bush?

Posted by Steve White 2009-01-07 13:36|| 2009-01-07 13:36|| Front Page Top

#6 They were talking about the possibility of a case before the International Criminal Court on NPR today, Steve. But I'm afraid I didn't listen.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2009-01-07 18:48|| 2009-01-07 18:48|| Front Page Top

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