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    Obama calls waterboarding 'torture'

    KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) — President Barack Obama says the interrogation technique known as waterboarding constitutes torturing, disputing Republican presidential candidates who say they would reinstate the practice.

    Obama called waterboarding "torture" and said it was "contrary to America's traditions" during a news conference at the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

    Republicans Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann said during a Republican debate on Saturday that they would reinstate the technique that former President George W. Bush authorized and Obama banned.

    The practice simulates drowning and is viewed as torture by many.

     
    • Dood  •  6 mths ago
      Speaking of torture, I remember reading that Saddam was tortured in many ways... The one that stuck out a bit was that when he wasn't being physically tortured, he was being emotionally tortured by being forced to watch the South Park movie dozens of times... (In the movie, Saddam was Satan's gay sidekick... And he was a major character, too...)
      • Ryan W 6 mths ago
        Saddams role in that movie was the most ive liked him ever
      • Eddy 6 mths ago
        I can change, I can change...
      • Veronika 7 6 mths ago
        LOL!
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Nashville, United States  •  6 mths ago
      I don't believe in torturing terrorists. I believe in shooting them on sight.
      • Kevin 6 mths ago
        So, a trial isn't needed to actual determine if someone is indeed a terrorist? Is our government really trust worthy enough to let them kill people without proof that they are actually terrorists?
      • Mooch J 6 mths ago
        Ya I'm kind of for a trial myself, just in case they ever point the finger at me and say "terrorist".. They are doing things the way they have always done them, they just keep changing one little word, the word used to be "communist"
      • Ken 6 mths ago
        We want info out of them. Thats why you interigate them. I don't see waterboarding as torture. Its annoying yes to be continuesly dunked, but not paiful like other things can be. Like burning a guys hands on a grill, terrorist complain they are disrespected, yet kill and decaptitate and drag those bodies though their streets.
    • Oracle  •  6 mths ago
      Why Waterboard when you can take them out with Drone Strikes!!!
      • Kevin 6 mths ago
        Blowing MFers up is much more humane than waterboarding.
      • Magpie 6 mths ago
        You can't drone them if you don't know where they are ...... Right ?
      • jay 6 mths ago
        because in many attacks they kill innocent civilians instead, leading to a large resentment of the US which is a reason they become terrorists.
    • sdfsdfadsf  •  6 mths ago
      And selling automatic weapons to the Cartel that are used to kill U.S. agents and civilians is murder.
      • charles 6 mths ago
        they did not sell the wepons gun dealers sold the weapon,they were arresting the gun buyers and that was getting no where they just send new buyers,the idea was to get to the people behind the buyng this is done in lots of other area.ie spying.why dont you get your facts straight#$%$blah blah.and what did bush do,ofh not a #$%$ thing did he,so dsitting on your #$%$ and doing nothing is fine.yep yep.which is why we are n this ,mess cause people like you rant and rave when bush was piling up debt and increasing the budget.name any law bush p#$%$ed about illegal immigration?none.your beloved right wings nuts p#$%$ed nothing,no jobs bills,no health care bill,not a #$%$ thing.they jsut sat on #$%$es and collected pay check as the country went bankrupt.
      • TIMK 6 mths ago
        Holder and Obama are racists who hate Mexicans. Operation Fast and Furious is proof.
      • voicesofreason68 6 mths ago
        Actually, Holder and Obama hate the second amendment.
    • bush's fault  •  6 mths ago
      They don't water board Americans, they kill them.
      • Upper hand 6 mths ago
        And, I bet those they have killed would've rather been waterboarded!
      • Wisewon2 6 mths ago
        I would rather be waterboarded than have my head cut off with a knife or burn to death in a wall of flames, as in the twin towers disaster
      • Pirogue 6 mths ago
        Certainly you can't be suggesting that we reduce our concern for justice to the level of terrorists who have little concern that the person suffering consequences is actually the guilty party. The fact that we don't sink to their level is why we have something worth preserving from them. Follow such thinking and our system would be so reduced to be not worth saving from terrorists.

        Of course it feel all good to say let's do the same to them that they do to us. The only problem is that there is no way to act that way without completely losing our own freedom in the process.
    • marks  •  Mobile, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Just curious if you were in a park with 2 of your children and three people came up and kidnapped them and told you they were going to kill them to prove a point. Then police caught one them and told you they could stop and find your children using waterboarding. Would you let them do it? Would you say we need to discuss it? If your answer is yes I would use waterboarding. Then what makes your children anymore important than the Mothers of the victims killed by terrorist?
    • Emon  •  6 mths ago
      It's time to waterboard Eric Holder.
    • Darkangel  •  6 mths ago
      I thought Mr. Obama was closing GETMO, I thought he was going to have troops out of Iraq in 10 months after he took office and out of Afganistan 1 year after that. I guess Mr. Obama lied!
    • Ernest Detrick  •  6 mths ago
      torture is having to read this dribble!!! moving on.
    • JOHN  •  6 mths ago
      Obama is against "water boarding" which he considers torture & inhumane. But Obama uses "Drones" to kill, murder, execute & assassinate people some whom are American citizens without a trial. Why is the taking of an innocent life not considered torture? or is it OK because Obama is a Democrat? Liberals please be consistent in your beliefs, stop playing politics.
    • Steve  •  Atlanta, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Thanks Comrad Obama for all your arrogant dictatorship actions and destruction of America!
    • Sylvester McMonkey-McBean  •  6 mths ago
      Obama had US citizen Anwar al-Awlaki assasinated WITHOUT A TRIAL!
    • Chuck  •  6 mths ago
      I'm getting dumber just reading these comments.
    • Michael F  •  6 mths ago
      Of course we would all do anything to save lives. The problem with torture is that the subject will say whatever it seems like will stop the torture.
    • Sue  •  Irvine, United States  •  6 mths ago
      According to Obama, waterboarding is torture......but you can go in and shoot them!
    • Stone  •  6 mths ago
      You know who also said this during the republican debates?

      Dr. Ron Paul
    • Robert  •  6 mths ago
      The best thing for america, is these debates!!!!! To exposed these people for who they really are !!!!!!!!!!!
    • KC  •  Dallas, United States  •  6 mths ago
      The posts on this board prove that the education in this country is severely lacking.
    • jason  •  6 mths ago
      heck yea baby its not a walk in the park ,but if it makes dirty evil muslims sing like a canary im all for it.
    • robert j  •  6 mths ago
      rather be waterboarded than wake up next to michelle
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