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Originally Posted by foundit66
One of the allegations is that the guy who performed the Mancow waterboarding didn't know what he was doing.
They compared it to the "Hitchens" waterboarding, by experts.
So they clearly establish that what the author of this article thinks is a REAL waterboarding, is "somewhat nightmarish, making us want to never have anything to do with a waterboarding, ever".
You're quoting an author who clearly thinks waterboarding is torture...  |
Did I say anything otherwise?...
Hint - It's the opposite of "yes"
As far as asking THE REAL QUESTION..."Whether or not Mancow now believes it's torture,
should it STILL BE DONE TO TERRORISTS?",
Mancow is QUITE CLEAR...
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By Mancow Muller May 29, 2008
I am not a magician. Many news cameras were there!
Obviously, it was on the radio and I wasn’t in prison. I’m also not a radicalized Muslim terrorist. But it was not a hoax! I repeat: NOT A HOAX.
We kept telling management, the insurance companies, and the local Chicago cops we weren’t really going to do it - until we did. Otherwise, they weren’t gonna let us do it! We got a U.S. Marine that told us he had studied how to do it and he volunteered to waterboard me in return for a mention of his charity.
I was on a decline and I was waterboarded. Was I in chains? No. Does that make it less real? I am failing to get the point attempted by my detractors. We never claimed it was an exact recreation.
The CIA technique is exactly what we did:
1. Keep the chest elevated above the head and neck to keep the lungs “above the waterline.”
2. Incline the head, both to keep the throat open and to present the nostrils for easier filling.
3. Force the mouth open so that water can be poured into both the nose and mouth.
Sorry, I thought for years it wasn’t torture and now I do. The video is there for all to see.
The left has taken my message and distorted it as well. Would I wanterboard to save my daughters (or any American children)? Yes!
The three terrorists that were waterboarded at Guantanamo were done so by military professionals. And it was done to save lives with America’s best interests at heart. Mine was a silly radio time filler in comparison. Its apples & hand grenades!
It would be insane to equate what I did with anything that happens in prison. I am simply a free man in a radio studio that always tries to get inside the big issues. This is an ugly issue with no easy answers. But I now see it’s easier for some to dismiss me than to do any real soul searching on this very heady issue.
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So even if everything done here is sincere this is what we get out of it...
Mancow before - "Waterboarding is not torture and should be used on terrorists."
Mancow after - ""Waterboarding is torture and should be used on terrorists."
Notice the common denominator?...