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Candidates split on waterboarding

November 12, 2011 7:46 PM

During the CBS News/National Journal debate on national security and foreign policy, Republican presidential candidates answer a email question about the use of torture for interrogation.

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by Shibbol November 13, 2011 6:46 PM EST
Waterboard Bachmann and Cain for thirty seconds, and the split will evaporate.
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by Jaaayyy November 13, 2011 6:34 PM EST
Cain, Gingrich, Romney, Perry, Bachmann and Santorum are all marching with the Imperial Japanese Army.

"This wasn't a Prisoner of War camp, it was a secret interrogation center called Ofuna where high-value captured men were housed in solitary confinement, starved, tormented and tortured to divulge military secrets. Because Ofuna was kept secret from the outside world, the Japanese operated with an absolutely free hand.

"The [U.S. Servicemen] in Ofuna, said the Japanese, weren't POWs; they were 'unarmed combatants' at war against Japan, and as such didn't have the rights that international law accorded POWs. In fact, they had no rights at all. If captives 'confessed their crimes against Japan', they'd be treated 'as well as regulations permit.' Over the course of the war, some one thousand Allied captives would be hauled into Ofuna, and many would be held there for years."

Source: Hillenbrand, Laura; Unbroken, A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, Chapter 19, Random House, 2010.
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by anonoped November 13, 2011 6:25 PM EST
Ron Paul has been marginalized by some powerful people that stand to lose a lot if one of their paid for politicians.

If you people don't start word of mouth promoting Ron Paul, you'll find yourself in World War III, broke, hungry and mad at yourself for your own inaction.

Someone let the Jewish folks know to get behind Ron Paul or they'll be at ground zero.

CBS and the rest of the MSM are too far gone to be trusted again for at least a generation.
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by JeffreyMathers November 13, 2011 4:47 PM EST
Count out as inexperienced those candidates that don't understand the cost to Americans when America tortures. Waterboarding is a near drowning experience. Look up what it entails and a reasonable person who understands the meaning of the word "torture" must agree that it is torture. It was shocking to hear Americans cheering about the US use of torture. It was encouraging to hear a greater number of Americans applauding for being humane.
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by Ben37221 November 13, 2011 12:11 AM EST
Say what you may about Ron Paul, he is a true American Icon. Even as a demoncrate, I find him very refreshing. Unlike Romney, he is not sward by the wind. As for Bachman and Cain, they represent what is wrong with this Country-These tea party guys belong in an asylum. They are quick to talk about constitution and the rule of law, yet they know notting about the constitution, and certainly have contept for international laws that we help draft.
Governor Hutsman is another smart guy among the republicans, unfortunately, the GOP is not a party that cares for intelligent candidate. Hence Ron Paul and Hunsman are not going anywhere.
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by KampungHighlander November 12, 2011 11:16 PM EST
It shows how America has lost its moral compass that there is even a debate about whether it is right or wrong to torture.
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