Romney Refuses To Classify Waterboarding As Torture

[ZackVitus]

As someone running for President, Romney should be the exact type of person to comment on what 'methods' he'd use and not use. Give the public an idea of his morals. McCain's right.

[SuperJonesable]

Ron Paul guys. Ron Paul.

[LuDimezofKush]

All of the candidates against Waterboarding have never been waterboarded....Obviously. One of the only Republicans who are against it is Mcain who himself was waterboarded. He felt it first hand.

[SuperJonesable]

@LuDimezofKush Ron Paul has been nothing but against torture. Including waterboarding

[l3road]

Romney is a dumbass...

I'm for torturing, I'm just not going to tell you how I do it.

What a tool

[SawThatComingAgain]

I love how he avoided the question.

[littlteapot]

We all should have voted for the fucking questioner.

[Resenbrink]

Just waterboard him and see what he says then.

[david52875]

@Resenbrink Or ask some of the thousands of members of the US military, who have been waterboarded. You know, the ones we "tortured".

[nrobyar]

I supported (and STILL do) Governor Huckabee for president but I agree with Mitt on this.

[islakid]

i cant believe people who say water boarding isn't torture, do they even know where the US government got the idea. im not making this up, they claim to have got it from communist TORTURE MEMOS.

[OperationTailGunner]

Well, and also the chief fundraiser for the GOP Mel Sembler. He instituted North Korean torture techniques in his Straight Inc. drug rehab centers.

[givemefreakinusename]

water boarding? torture?It inflicts no pain. It scares them...Pathetic, this is civil way of getting information.

[sannnpp]

torture or not, it saved a lot lf lives in Los Angels

[sgsfdgfsdfsdfsddf]

like where is this info you have? I am wondering these facts that you have that I don't

[hairybeast101]

what is the difference between enhanced inter. tech. vs. torture?

nothing !

[redradiodog]

I'd love to waterboard Hannity and Limbaugh for an hour or two.See if they change their opinions.

[Capupatio]

You're a fucking moron if you think that waterboarding isn't torture.

Really.

[boscofan59]

whats with the slow frames

[littlegoodie2shoes]

The Khymer Rouge also used this torture technique. It's just one of many atrocities Bush is guilty of. Bush killed our solders and many others using propaganda and falsifying CIA reports to start the 2nd Gulf war.

[McCain84]

The terrorist's should have friggin thought of that before they killed 4000+ People!!!!!!!

[1Kingmaker]

Not to mention McCain saying this at the time, then voting for it later. How can a man who's been tortured advocate it on anyone else? Especially when HE HIMSELF was coerced into making anti-US propaganda videos for the Vietnamese.

[1Kingmaker]

Who cares if it's 'technically' not torture? Good grief, people. For the party of 'Values and Faith,' it sure as hell isn't very Christian.

Luckily, God will sort us out. Or did you forget the message of Jesus and/or the commandments of God?

[jampt1989]

Romney is a cunt

[xxsugarxarteryxx]

Go Romney! I'm with you!

[Eugenitor]

That's nothing.

You should go Google what his campaign finance manager, Mel Sembler, has done to children.

[1factoid]

Is there still any doubt that Mitt Romney is a complete nut case? Although I like McCain's answer this question of what is and isn't torture is non sequitur. Torture is anything which inflicts terror on someone and WE DON'T DO THAT!

[EscapeNewJersey]

Momrons believe in justice and believe in the death penalty. Don't commit a muder in Utah - ever hear of the "Executioner's Song"!

[EscapeNewJersey]

Oh, but it was ok when democrats dropped the atomic bomb on Japan!

[beingisbecoming4]

If you believe that waterboarding is something that the US should use to get information, you are nevertheless agreeing that torture is an effective method. So, if waterboarding is a proven method(according to some people) then why not use other forms of torture?

People who support torture are absolutely un-American, they are against everything that the US stands for.

[bucjason]

Torture by definition is something that inflicts extreme physical pain...waterboarding is nothing but a mind game in which the person THINKS you are going to drown them . It is not torture by definition. Breaking someone MENTALLY , should be legal. These are not uniformed soldiers anyways, they are terrorists. No where are they protected by the Geneva convention, or our constitution. I challenge you to show me otherwise. I say F*ck em.

[sleeeeep]

F*CK EM!

[beingisbecoming4]

Ditch Romney, vote for Ron Paul.

[dollkrazi]

Romney explained twice that he didn't think it was appropriate for a "Candidate" to describe what techniques to use for interigation. He explained himself clearly. He is not in favor of torture. I can't believe they don't hear him. Or maybe they don't want to hear. Romney is the man!!!!!

[pinkclimax]

I support Romney here!

[publius87]

If you haven't seen it check out Mitt's senatorial debate against Ted Kennedy. Mitt's only stance is he is pro-pandering.

By the way, for those that support waterboarding/torture for terrorist make sure you read the Patriot Act. The President has the sole authority to designate who is a terrorist...including US citizens. Don't believe me...google it. Read the text.

[pgadeb]

Any government employee (president included) who not only practices torture but would justify it should be subject to prosecution for assault, murder and war crime, as applicable.

[kjb73181]

Dear Romney,

Do you think we are 100% retarded? What kind of answer is that with regards to torture? You say you will not be in favor of torture in any way, shape, or form, but you won't say what is or what is not torture. What kind of answer is that? I can only take that to mean you would use torture techniques. Good job McCain! Your answer on torture was the smartest thing you said the entire debate. Atleast you're a nice war hawk.

[bucjason]

Correct; you must be retarded, because you don't get what he was saying. He said he's against torture, but he is not going to announce to the enemy on national TV what our exact interrogation policy will be...that is counter-productive and foolish, and I happen to agree with him. Personally I don't think terrorists apply to the geneva convention anyways, and I also think "torture" needs to be more specifically defined.

[kjb73181]

You don't think terrorists apply to the Geneva Convention? Please then define terrorists? The definitions I have seen include many acts committed by the USA. Do you think fighting terrorism with terrorism is acceptable? The Geneva Convention is designed to protect humanity. Romney mentioned he knew what water boarding is. He can state if it is or isn't torture without announcing "on national TV our exact interrogation policy". He should be clear though and state it. He dodged the question.

[bucjason]

I think uniformed soldiers that represent a nation-state should apply to the Geneva convention. People who hide in the shadows acting like civilians, and then purposely blow up innocent people, don't deserve any rights under the rules of war. Have the balls to fight like a man if you want to be treated like a man. Call me an asshole, but that's just my opinion.

[milofonbil]

I think you have been snowed into believing that waterboarding is just a game. Waterboarding and mock drowning has prosecuted by the United States as torture since 1902. The Judge Advocates General of the US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines agreed in August 2006 that waterboarding violates US law and the law of war. Anyone using waterboarding should be prosecuted.

[bucjason]

It's not a game, it's a method that has been PROVEN to be effective. It is not toture because no physical harm is done. It just breaks you mentally. There is no real threat of drowning. If it was so horrible, then tell me why we water-board our own soldiers during special forces training??

[milofonbil]

Has never been proven to be effective. And the results are not admissible in court. It absolutely is torture. It does get water into the lungs and the person that is getting waterboarded is getting drowned. Most soldiers going behind enemy lines gets waterboarded so that they know what to expect.

[bucjason]

It has been proven , because it's been documented to have broken terrorists and saved lives. Look it up, and Quit being such a candy ass...if it was YOUR loved ones who's life was at stake you would do whatever it took to get that info. WHen it's mine, you don't care, except that you come out looking like a "nice guy".

[milofonbil]

All of this is nonsense. Out of all the almost 1000 people taken to Guantanamo Bay for torture (because they assumed that Geneva did not apply there) they got nearly nothing for results out of them. They got a bunch of meaningless crap out of most of them. They had to release nearly all of them. Anything else is a lie. Torture does not work.

[beingisbecoming4]

So basically, you are saying that the Japanese soldiers who were sentenced and executed for waterboarding US soldiers during WWII did what was morally acceptable. If you are supporting waterboarding then you are un-American. Go live in Saudi Arabia with Bush's buddies.

[xms32]

I was not impressed at all my Romney. It seems to me that he's just another person that spends most of his energy on avoiding a question than to address a question. Does he think he's with holding some special privileged information from the American public by not addressing his opinion on waterboarding? Newsflash for ya Mit, not only the American public are familiar with the technique, the whole world is; so stop avoiding the issue and give your opinion on it.

[xms32]

I was not impressed at all 'BY' Romney.

[DanLackey]

Romney ignores the fact that even their captors acknowledge that most of the detainees in Gitmo are innocent. But he could make his case with honesty by saying that torture must be balanced against national security. I side with McCain, but note that Romney for all his smarts is overwhelmed by the pejorative "torture."

[rydmerlin]

The bottom line is this isn't a judicial senate confirmation hearing and secondly Romney doesn't answer the question he's asked. The voting public needs to send a strong message that those who oppose waterboarding and consider it torture will assume that any candidate who takes the route Romney does in answering this question is for something and not against it.

If you're not prepared to say you're against something then you're for it.

[ChickenBot]

I hate politicians...they are simply PROFESSIONAL liars.

[pgadeb]

Ron Paul being the exception...

[ChickenBot]

Seriously, is this guy for real?

I haven't considered anyone to vote for but I've been hearing about this Ron for a while now...

Tricky, even the best option is still a politician and will steer wherever the money or the power takes him.

[blair227]

McCain is the only repugnant that has any grasp of reality. Outside of him the other candidates have nothing to offer but rhetoric and mine bigger than yours. And this fool Paul wants to just surrender. What a bunch of pure lightweights.

[travisalger]

Surrender? Yeah, because if we use our troops more wisely that is the same as surrender.

Before Iraq we used Special Forces, CIA, economic strength, and Marine missions to bring terrorists to justice. It was effective and efficient.

Then, under false pretense, we were dragged into Iraq. Stopping unnecessary foreign occupations and saving trillions of dollars does not mean surrendering to anyone. Lets be strong in order to face an actual threat when there is one.

[blair227]

Travisalger,I had a daughter injured in this stupid war and as a Viet nam vet myself didn't want war especially in Iraq. For better or worse we are there now and to just pull everyone out now is just plain stupid. Iraq will be taken over by the militants and thus more terrorism will result. Anybody that thinks we can pull our troops completely out is naive at best. By the way you mentioned the CIA,doesn't paul want to do away with this agency?

[travisalger]

He wants to get rid of the CIA, I don't agree with that I would rather fix them. But it is low on his list (so it's irrelivant because it won't happen) and he has valid reasons.

Radical Islam is not going to go away. Staying in Iraq does a number of bad things.

1. It creates an Iraqi people that will forever be dependednt on American aid.

[travisalger]

2. It promotes Radical Islam to attack and gain in numbers. These people need us on their lands in order to convince recruits of our evil and get angered enough to fight back.

[travisalger]

3. It costs a fortune. They have enough potential recruits to drive us into utter ruin financially. What will we do when an actual threat attacks us thhat actually has an army, navy, air force and we no longer have money or resources to defend ourselves. Think big picture man. What if China and Iran decided to attack us. We are all alone and broke.

[blair227]

We are alone because we attacked the wrong country. NATO is with us in afghanastan and fighting along side of us.We are broke because Bush won't give up his precious tax cuts and this is all on these Republicans. Whether Ron Paul voted for or against war he is a Republican. I will never vote for a Republican end of story. Besides his wacko ideas would never get through Congress.

[travisalger]

Yep, the fight in Afghanistan made sense as well as all the escellent strategic strikes we were making against Terrorists. We were writing a book on how to properly handle them and then we let Bush lead us into a BS fiasco that has nothing to do with the goals and needs of our country. We have to fix it. Your precious Democrats are useless. I beleive in voting for principles not for party loyalty. We are going to change Congress too .. I promise :)

[blair227]

If your willing to vote for a republican after all the shrub has done thanwe have nothong more to say to one another. Maybe one day you will wake up and see just what republicanism is.

[travisalger]

The Republican party was founded in the mid-1800's as an Anti-Slavery party as well as to harkin back to Jeffersonian principles. Since that time they have become too influenced by special interests, irresponsible and under-educated. I want to help restore the party to what it was ... before it goes the way of the do-do. Because bottom line is I cannot, in good conscience, vote for a Democrat until they give up the socialist and intrusive policies of FDR and Johnson's "Great Society".

[blair227]

Well then we have nothing to talk about because FDR in my opinion was the greatest president of all time. Every republican in my lifetime has done nothing but fuck the country up and ron paul is not only loony so are his policies.

[travisalger]

I am not directly dissing FDR, however why do programs designed for the sole purpose of pulling us out of a depression apply today when their expenditures are driving us back into one? Second FDR WAS one of the greatest presidents, but there is a couple things that were very bad that he did:

Confiscated every person's Gold at $25 an ounce and 2 years later sold it for $35 and ounce.

Internment of Japanese, Italian and German Americans: Many kept well after the end of WWII.

[pgadeb]

Can u explain in this high tech age, why it's taking us longer in Iraq when it took us less than 4 years to get rid of the Nazi's and finish a World War? We got Saddam, now let's give the Iraqi's their country back - now, before more of our guys get killed.

[milofonbil]

It's not a war, but an occupation. The purpose of being in Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, in fact it was planned by Wolfowitz in 1998. It's all about taking the oil from Iraq. They will leave when it's empty. The petrolocrats in office don't care about their cannon fodder. Look at all the VA benefits they get when they get home.

[mpetrie]

The real problem here is a possibl disagreement with what is and is not considered torture. However, Mitt Romney is right (and many military personell agree as well) that a Presidential candidate should not talk specifics in public about interrogation methods. That should be resolved behind the scenes. This isn't just Romney's belief.. but many others in the intelligence sector.

[jcrules54733]

Romney is also in bed with Blackwater Mercenaries. Was doing a search on Blackwater on Google when Romney popped up. Pretty scarey guy if you ask me. Another fascist shill who "pretends" to have Christian values.

[virtusextenebris]

Romney also seems to have a hard on for Guantanamo.

[ArmchairRevolution]

What a torturous hack; this guy wants to be President!