Posted on 04/27/2014 9:25:04 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) defended the controversial enhanced interrogation technique of waterboarding this weekend, and implied that the practice would still be commonplace “if I were in charge.”
“They obviously have information on plots to carry out Jihad,” she said at the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meeting on Saturday evening, referring to prisoners. “Oh, but you can’t offend them, can’t make them feel uncomfortable, not even a smidgen. Well, if I were in charge, they would know that waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.”
My daughter got waterboarded in the AF. If a girl can handle it, our own AMERICAN girl, then the poor put upon human garbage that tries Killing her and us all can suck it up.
“You shall not roast alone. ;)”
I’ll bring the Smores. I’ll go first. :^)
I do.
I must admit....when I first read you comment my first thought was, “At a girl!”. Our American women are tough.
As one soldier stated previously, it’s training. Not the same as torture.
As you can see, you’re not alone. I’ve known for quite some time that there are a lot of Americans who believe that water-boarding is a necessary form of “relentless coercive techniques.”
I do not agree.
Personally I would prefer they just put the terrorist in a room with a soldier and a bacon wrapped baseball bat. And leave him there until compliance was gained. Preferably, if they want martyrdom, give it to them after they talk. It’s their choice after all.
If they want to be treated better, they should not be terrorists to begin with.
From a WWII vets view I can think of many instances where waterboarding could have/might have saved some USA service men lives. The Germans were at times gruesome as to treatment of captives after they, the Germans, were sure no useful info was needed. The Japs were also very favorable to any means to extract battle info and I know that US GIs at times were to engrossed in battle to worry about the lives of the enemy. War is hell and I think people in struggle for their lives or beliefs of survival will look at torture in their own personal perspective.
Nobody in the history of the world ever volunteered to have something like thumb screws or the iron boot applied to them. People volunteer for waterboarding and sleep deprivation. On the other hand I imagine having full knowledge and the choice to do it makes a big difference.
I can sympathize with those that are leery of it, if some official of a state ever ordered it done to me, I would probably considered myself tortured. But if you had knowledge of a bomb or something I might want that guy water boarded. Trusting the state to determine when to have this power is iffy though, and getting more iffy daily. The patriot act is only going to be used for domestic terrorism and all that.
Freegards
LOL The Governor has put a unique perspective on dealing with Islamists...
My father and sibling served. The only reason I was denied (despite my efforts) enlistment was due to a preexisting medical condition.
We were raised on war stories as well as marathon war documentaries and films. Although I have not witnessed first hand the horrors of war, I have seen it through the eyes of my father, sibling, uncles, friends, as well as those accounts captured on film.
I don’t believe this issue is an easy one to tackle.
BTW, thank you for serving our country.
I understand the potential it will be used against us. I also understand it can ALL be used against us.
I get what you are saying. I understand completely. But to be honest, I just do not care one iota about the life of people that want me dead. they made the choice to do what they do. I do not feel obligated to be remotely nice in return.
the scenario you pose is just another example why it is so crucially important that we elect people of principle instead of going for the almighty win with moral deficient idiots. We need people that are most likely to never turn that against us.
I do not for a second think the crew we have now in either party with about 5 exceptions would bat an eye about torturing us if it got them what they want. Because they are moral deficient idiots. They kill overseas with no legal backing. they will eventually do it here.
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I'm sure under certain circumstances, you would be all for it.
I thought she was Christian? She is now spouting sacrilegious, anti-Christian nonsense? Did she convert to Islam? This is a shame.
And they’ll block the Gosnell movie to mafia tactics standards.
Do you believe that we, as a nation, should survive as a nation? To what degree and at what cost are you willing to abide by and accept in our fight against the clandestine Islamic Jihad?
It has similar results.Panic, feelings of suffocation ,confusion etc. Gas chamber is painful though, burning eyes,skin, mucous membranes. Waterboarding is not painful like the gas chamber. It gives the sensation of suffocating, it is a psychological modality used when urgent and /or lifesaving intel is necessary.Other modalities such as sleep deprivation, isolation and being kept wet, (hosed down periodically) takes time to develop therefore not useful when time is of the essence.
I understand your aversion to waterboarding, much of it is due to mis-information stemming from media bias.
Ask yourself this question: If one of your loved ones was being held by some psychopath, who threatened rape, torture or murder and police had one of his/her accomplices. Time is running out to save your loved one a gruesome death. To what level would you authorize the police to extract information from the accomplice that might save your loved one?
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