I understand this is a gray area. My impression is when the reality of what we were really up against after 911, set in, it was a different ball game than what we have been fighting 50 years prior to that.

Can it be torture? I’m sure some arguments support it. Other aspects can defend it against it being torture. Semantics for the lawyers to fight over.

I guess if they used this in the extreme scenario it is reserved for, I say do it yesterday. By virtue of the fact this enemy comes to the game expecting to martyr themselves, I don’t know how much the thought of water boarding is a deterrent in the big scheme of things when it all boils down.

Ultimately, it is rich that Obama ran on a platform of openly accusing a war-time President on the way out, and not running against him, of employing torture, and playing to the lowest common denominator of his base. He now reserves the right of water-boarding at his own discretion.

Blatant contradiction. I hate that.

Ticking time bomb? Hell, I’ll pour the g-d damn water.