On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:21:06 -0600, wrote:

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:17:43 -0500, John wrote:


Uh huh, I guess that's why we prosecuted several Japanese for
waterboarding after WWII. Of course, then it was considered a war
crime, but then, we also strove for the high moral ground.

cite please?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...le/2007/11/02/
AR2007110201170.html

I have a very strong feeling that although 'waterboarding' may have been
part of the repertoire of the commanders of Japanese POW camps, it was not
the basis for their prosecution.

You're quoting a liberally biased rag, BTW. (Not that the WP would slant
the news in any way, shape or form.)

If we tried and punished folks for the *same* waterboarding activity in
which we've been recently engaged, then we were wrong in doing so.
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John