Christopher Hitchens get waterboarded?!?!
Jul. 2nd, 2008 11:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petardierHitchens, one the Iraq war's biggest cheerleaders, arranged to have himself waterboarded by people with experience in the technique.
His conclusion?
"Well, then, if waterboarding does not constitute torture, then there is no such thing as torture."
Unlike a lot of repugs who pretend that waterboarding is only "simulated drowning", Mr. Hitchens pulls no punches in describing just how awful it is to be involuntarily deprived of oxygen. The details:
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/08/hitchens200808
Our current government is very vocal about the merits of democracy, but not so honest or forthcoming about the things they've deemed necessary to defend democracy. What says the most about them: what they say or what they do?
His conclusion?
"Well, then, if waterboarding does not constitute torture, then there is no such thing as torture."
Unlike a lot of repugs who pretend that waterboarding is only "simulated drowning", Mr. Hitchens pulls no punches in describing just how awful it is to be involuntarily deprived of oxygen. The details:
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/08/hitchens200808
Our current government is very vocal about the merits of democracy, but not so honest or forthcoming about the things they've deemed necessary to defend democracy. What says the most about them: what they say or what they do?
