Joe_Cavalry All Day Every Day

as usual, your claims are near 100% misrepresentation of the facts

for example ... people are not demanding "free health care".

what has fallen upon your death ears (and brain) is that people don't want the continued gouging from big corporate insurance companies

it is not FREE health-care but pooling money together via taxes and using those resources to obtain health-care

the only groups i see that are really benefiting from government handouts are big corporate America. for example ... look at all of the no-bid contracts

attn JoeCavalry:

interesting (some what childish) responses

isn't there a US soldier being held by opposition forces in Afghanistan

would you post the same kinda replies if he were water boarded ???

attn JoeCavalry:

you unwittingly answered your own question.

when military personnel are undergoing the SEARS training, they know that they will undergo limited water boarding exercises that is limited and non life threatening

this is totally different from those held by the US military who know that they will be subjected to many forms of torture (including water boarding) and can even be killed

yes - KILLED !!!

the US government has document the deaths of many held in US prisons and indicated that many could be labeled as homicides !!!

a history lesson for JoeCavalary ---

in 1947, the US government prosecuted Yukio Asano, a Japanese military officer, because he water-boarded a US prisoner

fromfferingCavalry:

here is the US legal definition of torture:

(1) “torture” means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control;

(2) “severe mental pain or suffering” means the prolonged mental harm caused by or resulting from—

(A) the intentional infliction or threatened infliction of severe physical pain or suffering;

(B) the administration or application, or threatened administration or application, of mind-altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or the personality;

(C) the threat of imminent death; or

(D) the threat that another person will imminently be subjected to death, severe physical pain or suffering, or the administration or application of mind-altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or personality; and ...

also, according to US law, torture is illegal

water-boarding is under the category of torture

thus, water-boarding is illegal

side note --- at the end Worldf World War II, the US government prosecuted the Japanes for water-boarding US prisoners

dearest JoeCavalry:

in comparison to other methods of interrogating suspects and gathering actionable information, we know for a historical fact that it, water-boarding, does NOT work

more importantly the evidence shows that water-boarding produces inaccurate information

attn JoeCavalry:

are you ignoring that fact that in 1898 Spanish-American War, the US troops that invaded and occupied the Philippines instituted water-boarding

google "the water cure" + "the Spanish American war"

attn JoeCavalry:

are you ignoring that fact that under US law and international that water-boarding is torture?