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Waterboarding is a form of torture that consists of immobilizing the victim on his or her back with the head inclined downwards, and then pouring water over the face and into the breathing passages. By forced suffocation and inhalation of water, the subject experiences drowning and is caused to believe they are about to die.[1] It is considered a form of torture by legal experts,[2][3] politicians, war veterans,[4][5] medical experts in the treatment of torture victims,[6][7] intelligence officials,[8] military judges,[9] and human rights organizations.[10][11] As early as the Spanish Inquisition it was used for interrogation purposes, to punish and intimidate, and to force confessions.[12]
In contrast to submerging the head face-forward in water, waterboarding precipitates an almost immediate gag reflex.[13] The technique does not inevitably cause lasting physical damage. It can cause extreme pain, dry drowning, damage to lungs, brain damage from oxygen deprivation, other physical injuries including broken bones due to struggling against restraints, lasting psychological damage or, if uninterrupted, death.[2] Adverse physical consequences can start manifesting months after the event; psychological effects can last for years.[6]
In 2007 it was reported that the CIA was using waterboarding on extrajudicial prisoners and that the United States Department of Justice had authorized the procedure,[14][15] a revelation that sparked a worldwide political scandal. Al-Qaeda suspects upon whom the CIA is known to have used waterboarding are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Abu Zubaydah, and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri.[16][17]
In January 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama banned the use of waterboarding. In April 2009 the Department of Defense refused to say whether it was still used for training purposes.[18]
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Now......all you assholes out there that say waterboarding is not torture, I would urge you to look it up and read about it for yourselves. It DOES cause long lasting effects, causes pain, and damages the body.
Personally? Since it was used by Pol Pot as a way to elicit FALSE CONFESSIONS from his own people (those whom he didn't like and wished to have executed or put in jail), I'm wondering how long you dumb fuckers can sit there and keep justifying it.
Shit.......even conservative talk show radio host Man Cow (who is a Limbidiot disciple) said (after only lasting 6 seconds) that it was torture.
We also know (because Greenspan said so on the news) that the Iraq war was nothing more than a power grab for the oil fields there, as well as revenge for Saddam Hussein's threat on Bush Sr.'s life.
Speaking of which, you know WHY Cheney is fighting so hard to justify it? It's simple really........Halliburton and KBR (of which he still has a major interest), were making mucho dinero off of this war. Cheney is all over the screen because he knows that he's gonna go broke from all the shoddy work that those companies have done (anyone remember the soldiers dying in the showers of Iraq as well as Walter Reed?).
Personally, I hope they release the (non existent) memos, as well as prosecute the entire Bush Jr. admin for war crimes in the Hague, and their new address is Spandau.
This country has been fucked over long enough by the incest of the GOP as they currently stand.
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