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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On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:36:12 -0500, John wrote:


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.

So, I guess we were also wrong in Vietnam when we court-martialed a
soldier for water-boarding a prisoner?

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Investigat...ory?id=1356870

http://www.docudharma.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4398

And, now we have the Vice-President approving water-boarding. Perhaps a
trial in the Hague will answer the question whether we were right or
wrong.

http://www.informationclearinghouse....ticle21495.htm

On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:20:34 -0600, wrote:

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:36:12 -0500, John wrote:


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.

So, I guess we were also wrong in Vietnam when we court-martialed a
soldier for water-boarding a prisoner?

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Investigat...ory?id=1356870

http://www.docudharma.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4398

And, now we have the Vice-President approving water-boarding. Perhaps a
trial in the Hague will answer the question whether we were right or
wrong.

http://www.informationclearinghouse....ticle21495.htm


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