[Mariner]

Are you an anti-American?

You have NO IDEA whether this is a difference. YOU haven't "been there, done that".

Yes, there was a doctor present. There's also a doctore present when an enemy combatant is waterboarded.

[REDWOOD99]

I think he got the “Aunt Jemima” treatment.

[NonValueAdded]

to the defense of Dumb_OX (please don't let me regret this) ... an American soldier or Marine knows they are in SERE training and the object of the exercise is not to kill them. An ememy combatant usually has no such pre-knowledge. They have likely been fed propaganda all their lives and expect to be tortured to death. They have no concept that we actually follow the Geneva Convention. Chances are they don't even know about the Convention.

Now, perhaps an AlQ who has had their version of SERE knows that Reid, Pelosi, and Murtha are in their fighting for their right to kill us and that all torture can be endured without fear of death. I suspect that is the difference Dumb_OX was trying to draw.

[gracesdad]

“You have NO IDEA whether this is a difference. YOU haven’t “been there, done that”.”

First, I haven’t been there and done that.

Second, I’m not questioning the use of waterboarding. I’m sure it was appropriate when used.

BUT, when you were waterboarded were you told that unless you confessed you would die from it? If so, did you believe it? If not, that’s the difference between the two.