Waterboarding Works

And it isn't torture. From Deroy Murdock at the Washington Times:

While the White House must beware not to inform our enemies what to expect if captured, today's clueless anti-waterboarding rhetoric merits this tactic's vigorous defense. Waterboarding is something of which every American should be proud.

Waterboarding makes tight-lipped terrorists talk. At least three major al Qaeda leaders reportedly have been waterboarded, most notably Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

What is waterboarding? The Week explains waterboarding:

A subject bound to an inclined board -- with his feet raised and head lowered -- while his face is covered with a piece of cloth. The interrogator then pours water over the prisoner's face in a steady stream, causing the wet material to cling to his mouth and nostrils. As the water pours down, some of it does penetrate the cloth and the nostrils and trickles down into the lungs, and the panicky prisoner bucks and gasps for air. Few people can hold out for very long. CIA personnel who have undergone the experience as part of their training have lasted an average of only 14 seconds before pleading for it to stop. One CIA agent said: "When you're waterboarded, you're inverted, so it exacerbates the fear. It's not painful, but it scares the shit out of you."

So let me get this straight: we waterboard our own CIA trainees, but doing it those who wish to destroy our country is improper? The Week also asked: Does waterboarding do any lasting damage? In reply: "If you include psychological damage, it does." Psychological damage? Big fucking deal.

Here is torture:

Let's see: waterboarding or beheadings? I suppose, because it isn't administered by the United States, these things aren't torture? Nick Berg? Daniel Pearl? Paul Johnson? Hello? Anyone with a memory? The Fallujah hangings?

Please read the entire above article by Deroy Murdock -- something you thought you'd never see in mainstream print, eh?

BZ