This is a hot topic and I have to take Ms Rice's side on this one. I'm sure that water-boarding in not the least bit pleasant, but it isn't suppose to be. Under international law torture is defined as,
" any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions."Now, don't get me wrong, I am against torture but that is not what water-boarding is. Think about it, many high school and college students go through much worse ordeal, if not the same, in the form of hazing every year. Why is there no outcry for them? My guess is there is no political motivation behind simple hazing, the implications of this are much greater. What worries me the most is the lefts ability to completely deny islamic extremism as a threat. I for one do not want to relive another 9/11, it seems others on Obama's team don't feel the same. They seem to think that business is the problem with this country and has done everything within his power (and more) to restrict economic growth, and everything in its power to make America weaker and more vulnerable. This whole Water-Boarding sideshow is just a distraction from what is going on today, like say a $3.5 Trillion budget.........
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