It was to protect democracy; if we hadn't done it, they would have done it to us; we needed whatever information they had; blah, blah, blah.

From the LA Times, reprinted in The Week:

In reality, as journalist Ron Suskind later learned, Zubaydah had been “a minor logistics man, a travel agent.” Nonetheless, Zubaydah endured “the full gamut” of torture techniques adopted by the U.S. from Korean and Chinese communists. For months, he was slapped, beaten, slammed against walls, hung naked by his wrists in freezing rooms, confined in a tiny box, and waterboarded 83 times. This prolonged brutality left Zubaydah a broken shell of a man. He now suffers “blinding headaches and has permanent brain damage,” and has suffered about 200 seizures in the past two years. “The slightest noise drives him nearly insane.”

Just sayin'...

Last edited by Taint (2009-05-09 17:56:33)

GooberMcNutly wrote:

I find it interesting that no torture has come to light that has been as bad as what your average "reality" TV show contestant has to endure.

What???

Emmeran wrote:

GooberMcNutly wrote:

I find it interesting that no torture has come to light that has been as bad as what your average "reality" TV show contestant has to endure.

What???

Water boarding is just too complicated.  I think naked in a stress position in the walk-in cooler while being sprayed with water for a 5 or 6 hours should be adequate...