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Originally Posted by flippyshark
Aha! Without really thinking. There's a lot of that going around with the repubs these days.
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I completely disagree. I can't speak for all of course, but as a listener of Hannity most of the time, the comments are not flippant, but thought out. I have gone back on forth on the issue myself. Most members of our military that go through specialized training are water boarded. Why would the military "torture" their own members? Just because something is unpleasant or I want it to stop doesn't necessarily make it torture.
In saying, that, though, I do go back and forth on it. There are days when i think it isn't necessary, prudent, or moral, then I wonder why the practices would be released without any results of the process being released. There has been a discussion (but I don't believe there has been any verification) of a 9/11 style plot on Los Angeles that was directly thwarted by info from these water boarding sessions. I also know only 3 detainees were subjected to it, so it was hardly a widespread thing. However, immoral behavior, regardless of how limited, is still mimoral behavior.
What I'm typing is part of the thought process I've been through.
I also have no doubt that should a 9/11 style attack have taken place on LA that the dems would have been screaming "why didn't Bush do more?!?!?!". Same as the dems screaming right now about this when I believe they knew of this practice. (And yes, Flippy, I just listed some prominent dems....my point wasn't the specific people, but simply trying to point out that there were people on left side of the aisle that certainly knew and didn't speak up until it was to their political advantage to do so....so in my listing of people, I didn't stop and really think about which ones. Perhaps I should have listed Pelosi and done some research into exactly who was privy to the breifings Pelosi was privy to.)