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Date Posted: Sunday, March 13, 01:37:32pm
Author: AnOldFriend
Subject: I personally do not feel dishonored by waterboarding.
In reply to: Jacko 's message, "It also dishonors the nation" on Tuesday, March 08, 08:25:40am

In fact I feel honored that the decision to waterboard a grand total of three very high adversaries (chosen due to their likelyhood of actual knowledge of ongoing terror operations) that resulted in the saving of countless lives in both London and here.

Many of our own servicemen are waterboarded as part of POW training. While I don't advocate using waterboarding on every captured enemy combatant, I do agree that its use in this instance was not torture, but instead was a valuable tool to garner valuable information to save innocent lives. If the method is used correctly, as I do believe it was, it does not leave lasting negative affects, though I must admit it doesn't like like a very pleasant experience either.

The favorite line of liberals, and sadly Jacko you fall into this classification when it comes to this topic, is that we executed Japanese as war criminals for carrying out waterboarding. However, that is not quite the truth. Let me explain. We executed a total of 7 Japanese, and suggesting these 7 people were executed for waterboarding is like saying Charles Manson was guilty of trespassing at Roman Polanski�s home and then insisting that�s the reason Manson got a death sentence that was later automatically commuted to life in prison.

Who ere the 7 Japenese people convicteda and hanged? They were:

Koki Hirota

Iwane Matsui

Akira Muto

Seishiro Itagaki

Kenji Dohihara

Heitaro Kimura

Hideki Tojo.

If you are unfamiliar with the war crimes they were charged with and convicted of, look them up. I guarantee they were not due to waterboarding exclusively. Matter of fact no one accused and convicted solely of waterboarding was executed.

Did Americans commit atrocities against the Japanese, German, & Italian soldiers. Probably. War is not a nice playground, and unfortunately if you play by the "rules" with those fighting against you do not, it may be costing you unecessary military, as well as, civilian deaths. For those who want to equate military action to that of criminal actions are just plain fools. That being said, I would want anyone who okayed or participated in busting kneecaps, pulling out fingernails, or engage in any other form of real torture, that have very lasting effects, punished by death. That is indeed bringing true dishonor to this country.

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You left out Homma and Yamashita, to name just 2 -- Jacko, Sunday, March 13, 02:34:18pm