1) I am repulsed by those who “define torture down” by positing that it’s OK to use various methods of torture so long as our enemies use worse ones.

2) If you don’t think this is serious torture then you are not familiar with the neuropsychological literature. Our methods resemble those used by the Brits in Northern Ireland, and the long-term effects on the victims can be absolutely devastating.

E.g., greenwood.com

In a moral society such as our own, the torturers themselves are traumatized by the process as well, a fact that has been readily and repeatedly documented.

This is very disappointing, Charles. For years you have derided those who contended that we were torturing. The critics have been proven 100% correct, yet you remain thoroughly dismissive.