“And then somebody complains when, you know, a terrorist gets waterboarded, which quite frankly is no different than what happens on college campuses in frat houses every day”.
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During the debate Donald Trump was asked if he would support reestablishing waterboarding as a method of interrogation. “I mean, he would be very, very, very tough, that’s who the man is, he’s a very tough guy”.
‘He’s sick of seeing what’s happening to this country, whether it be on trade, whether it be $19trillion worth of national debt, whether it be terrorists coming in and trying to infiltrate our country.
Donald Trump has pledged to bring back waterboarding. “So I said I’m totally in favor of waterboarding”.
“More than ever, we need a commander in chief with a clear vision, a steady hand, sound judgement and confidence not only in our nation’s power but in the values and ideals that generations of American heroes have fought for and died defending”, McCain said on the Senate floor Tuesday. “Not since medieval times have people seen what’s going on”. “Over the years, thousands and thousands of Hispanics have worked for me”.
McCain did not directly name any single candidates (or even specify that they were in his own party), but instead referred to “loose talk on the campaign trail about reviving waterboarding and other inhumane interrogation techniques”. And maybe not always, not nothing works always. Most of all, I know the use of torture compromises that which most distinguishes us from our enemies, our belief that all people, even captured enemies, possess basic human rights, which are protected by global conventions the USA not only joined, but for the most part authored. “Waterboarding is peanuts compared to chopping off heads”. “When they hear that we are arguing about waterboarding may be too severe …”
His Republican rivals have been mixed on the subject. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz called the practice “enhanced interrogation” but not torture, and he said he would not “bring it back in any sort of widespread use”.
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Waterboarding was banned by the Obama administration in 2009, but had previously been used by the Central Intelligence Agency during interrogations of terror suspects.
