Answer this talking point... "only three have been waterboarded"

[Leo 9]

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[spanone]

1. three too many - three felonies

[fishnfla]

2. and they all gave up bullshit info

they are looking for more product torture methods

[OffWithTheirHeads]

3. So far!

Give Torquemada Cheny time.

[aquart]

5. Plus: So how many more do they PLAN to torture?

And what number of torture victims would begin to bother you?

[blondeatlast]

4. One was too many. Is that too hard to understand?

And for that matter, the Spanish Inquisitors did it, the Filipinos did it, the Viet Cong did it...

[Leo 9]

I'm looking for responses on how misleading a figure it is because...

...it doesn't include all those who've been waterboarded.

It just refers to those the CIA personally admits to doing.

What things might be mentioned to bring in others who've been waterboarded or otherwise tortured under Dubya?

[blondeatlast]

14. The second sentence in my post would be helpful, I would think.

The Viet Cong--the people who tortured John MCCain...

[Leo 9]

16. Of course that didn't happen under Dubya.

What would be more helpful would be links with info pointing to the true number of those waterboarded or otherwise tortured under Dubya.

[LakeSamish706]

6. Why are you asking this question is really the question IMHO...

Water boarding is Illegal... get it Illegal for many reasons... 1st of all We do not want our captured troops being Water boarded 2nd. It does not necessarily make those that are, give any credible information and 3rdly... It has been discussed at large in the Geneva convention... It hurts, it kills, and it can Mame ...

Oh and by the way.. How about letting us Water Board you to test my above theories ....

[Leo 9]

15. Of course the best reason to oppose it is it's used to lie.

History shows almost all of those tortured or threatened with torture will say whatever you want them to say.

The main reason authoritarian dictators want the ability to torture is to get the innocent to confess, and to get them to withdraw their accusations against the guilty.

Sorry if you've misread my intentions in formulating and posting this pop quiz.

In this debate such are the talking points we must be prepared to answer IMOH.

[Warren Stupidity]

7. We run secret detention centers around the world.

Only three? How would anyone know?

[Pawel K]

8. It clearly states only 3 al-queda

what qualifies as al-queda? Insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan certainly dont have to be classified as Al Queda.

[TomInTib]

9. I give that as much cred as, "This Nation does not torture." nt

[wtmusic]

10. The answer is a question: "Is waterboarding torture?"

If the answer is no, your discussion is over.

[LakeSamish706]

11. Oh, and by the way... "Welcome to DU" and I seriously mean that... n/t

[Leo 9]

25. Thanks!

And thanks for helping kick my research/pop quiz thread. :)

[blondeatlast]

12. The Heritage Foundation Press Room is very, very efficient.

And Google can be really, really stupid (it ain't human, you see).

[Spazito]

13. Hmmmm, one should trust the word of torturers, right?

Torture is illegal, it's not "over three tortured" is illegal. Torture is ILLEGAL.

[Union Thug]

17. Three felony counts. Who's going to prison?

[babylonsister]

18. I don't believe that for a second. I bet there are many more. nt

[althecat]

20. Me neither.... & how many have had electrodes attached to their testicals

[Quantess]

24. There apparently are some sick sadomasochistic sex weirdos in the GOP

Who would love to administer that kind of "interrogation".

Upon edit: There are some Dems who enjoy that kinky stuff---but with freely consenting adults.

[Leo 9]

28. Absolutely! It's only three that have been admitted to by one agency.

Which in no way translates into "only three have been waterboarded".

[SalmonChantedEvening]

19. That we know of.

They always admit to only a fraction of what they do, and a watered dowm fraction at that.

[althecat]

21. Answer this talking point... "How the hell did this phrase get 18500 google hits?"

[Leo 9]

29. That was on Thursday. That misleading phrase now has 24,500 hits.

Results 1 - 10 of about 24,500 for "only three have been waterboarded"

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[Robeson]

22. And I'm supposed to trust - ....

..."according to current and former U.S. intelligence officials" - our intelligence agents for what reason? :shrug:

[bklyncowgirl]

23. ...and how do you know that. This whole program is top secret.

You don't know and I don't know either. Do you actually trust the government to tell you the truth?

[elehhhhna]

26. yep. and saddam had wmd. what else they got?

[mmonk]

27. They are engaged in different types of torture, not just

waterboarding. How many in our secret prisons have been waterboarded and where does that number come from?