“Sir so if al Qaeda waterboarded captured American soldiers, that’d be ok?”

[kpete]

Just answer:

a) yes
b) no

I wish One reporter would ask Bush that question.

[tinymontgomery]

1. Your suggesting that we still have actual reporters

Your suggesting that we still have actual reporters in this country.

[cali]

2. Leahy said yesterday that if an American soldier was waterboarded

we'd all be screaming bloody murder.

[JohnyCanuck]

3. Japanese officer sentenced to 15 years for waterboarding an American civilian.

In 1947, the United States charged a Japanese officer, Yukio Asano, with war crimes for carrying out another form of waterboarding on a U.S. civilian. The subject was strapped on a stretcher that was tilted so that his feet were in the air and head near the floor, and small amounts of water were poured over his face, leaving him gasping for air until he agreed to talk.

“Asano was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor,” Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) told his colleagues last Thursday during the debate on military commissions legislation. “We punished people with 15 years of hard labor when waterboarding was used against Americans in World War II,” he said.

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/10/29/mukasey-wont-say-waterboarding-is-torture/

[berni_mccoy]

4. I wish they would demonstrate waterboarding on the hearing floor with Mukasey as the subject

If it's not torture, then let it be done to him.

[acmavm]

5. Hell, let it be Dick Cheney. I'd PAY to see that.

[havocmom]

6. Better Idea: Haul in Gonzo and use him for demonstration since he approved while in office

Must be OK, huh Gonzo? Let's see if the next batter thinks so...

[lonestarnot]

7. What about water aspiration and pneumonia? That ok too?