From Rawstory.com:
"Ventura on The View: If waterboarding is fine, why dont cops do it?
By David Edwards and Stephen Webster
Published: May 18, 2009
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, ma...
From Rawstory.com:
"Ventura on The View: If waterboarding is fine, why dont cops do it?
By David Edwards and Stephen Webster
Published: May 18, 2009
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, making a guest appearance on ABCs The View, gave co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck a lesson or two about the torture technique known as waterboarding.
Ventura, who underwent a barrage of torture techniques at the military Survival, Evade, Resist and Escape (SERE) school, confirmed for Hasselbeck that waterboarding is torture and not just an enhanced interrogation technique.
If waterboarding is okay, why dont we let our police do it to suspects to learn what they know? he asked to a chorus of applause.
Thats an interesting question, Hasselbeck said. I understand that question.
If waterboarding is okay, why didnt we waterboard [Timothy] McVeigh and [Terry] Nichols, the Oklahoma City bombers, to find out if there were more people involved? Whats your answer to that? he asked. We only seem to waterboard Muslims.
Thats an extremist statement, said Hasselbeck.
Aha! cheered Ventura. Have we waterboarded anybody else? Name me someone else weve waterboarded.
She could not, instead shifting focus to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) who has been criticized by Republicans for a seeming contradiction in disclosing what she knew about then-President Bushs torture program, and when.
They want her out because she lied? asked Ventura. Why didnt they ask for Bush and Cheney to go out when they lied about why we went into Iraq.
This video is from MSNBCs News Live, broadcast May 18, 2009."
Fair Use Statement This video may contain copyrighted material, the use of which may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. I am making this material available in an effort to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. I believe this constitutes a fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material contained in this video is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/...
I reserve the right to block any Youtube user from my channel, and/or remove any comments posted on my videos that I feel are abusive, inappropriate, disruptive, trollish, etc..
Like to rate videos and let people know what you think?
Automatically share your ratings, favorites, and more on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Reader with YouTube Autoshare.
Autoshare makes certain YouTube activities public on the services you choose. Select only the services you are comfortable with - like Facebook, Twitter, or Google Reader - to let your friends know what you like on YouTube. You can turn Autoshare off at any time.
Like to share videos with friends?
Automatically share your ratings, favorites, and more on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Reader with YouTube Autoshare.
Autoshare makes certain YouTube activities public on the services you choose. Select only the services you are comfortable with - like Facebook, Twitter, or Google Reader - to let your friends know what you like on YouTube. You can turn Autoshare off at any time.
If the USA believed that Iraq posed a threat due the production of weapons of mass destruction, why aren't they in Nth Korea & Iran??? Answer...they would lose! Secondly, the USA is a country the rest of the world used to look upto but with torture (approved by the Bush administraion) now part & parcel of the democratic nation, America is now the laughing stock in rest of the worlds eyes. Lets hope Obama can turn it around! PS - vote Vetura for president!!
Jessie Ventura's argument that "we only waterboard Muslims" is the silliest argument I've heard yet against waterboarding. I'm not saying I support waterboarding, but the fact is the military only waterboarded 3 TERRORISTS with an agenda to destroy American ... who who happened to be Muslim. They were NOT waterboarded because they were Muslim. This is just silliness!
Ventura's statement that Bush & Cheney lied about why we went into Iraq is a lie that has been repeated so many times it is now accepted as truth. ALL 15 independent intelligence agencies had the SAME info which was the substantiation for going into Iraq. Multiple nations agreed with the US, along with 100% of Congress. The info for going to Iraq was provided by the 15 intelligence agencies NOT Bush & Cheney. Errors in intelligence came to light afterward. Hindsight is 20-20, but NO ONE LIED
But we all know they knew this before hand and even if hypothetically they didn't lie originally the fact is they used the lie for years after they found out it was bogus intel so that is as bad and even worse.
You say they used the "lie" but hypothetically they aren't lying. You can't have it both ways. But think about it ... if they lied, they managed to convince Congress, convinced 15 intelligence agencies to coordinate their intel to support their "lies", convinced the UK, Australia, Kurdistan, Denmark, Poland and the Iraqi National Congress they were telling the truth ... or perhaps the intelligence they had was inaccurate but once they began battle against really bad guys they wanted to win.
Autoshare makes certain YouTube activities public on the services you choose. Select only the services you are comfortable with - like Facebook, Twitter, or Google Reader - to let your friends know what you like on YouTube. You can turn Autoshare off at any time.
if they lied, they managed to convince Congress, convinced 15 intelligence agencies to coordinate their intel to support their "lies", convinced the UK, Australia, Kurdistan, Denmark, Poland and the Iraqi National Congress they were telling the truth ... or perhaps the intelligence they had was inaccurate but once they began battle against really bad guys they wanted to win.