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5 Things You May Not Know About Waterboarding

source: http://thepoliticus.com/content/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-waterboarding

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1. President Theodore Roosevelt had General Jacob H. Smith court-martial for not preventing waterboarding on the island of Samar during the Spanish American War of 1898 in the Philippines
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6 comments // 5 Things You May Not Know About Waterboarding

  • AveryMoore
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      http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/correction-we-actually-did-execute-j

      Yes, as in Point 2, at the end of WW2, Japanese officers were executed for waterboarding US prisoners.

      What lying credulous "Liberal" made such a claim?

      John McCain.

      "On November 29, 2007, Sen. McCain, while campaigning in St. Petersburg, Florida, said, "Following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding."

      ""McCain is referencing the Tokyo Trials, officially known as the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. After World War II, an international coalition convened to prosecute Japanese soldiers charged with torture. At the top of the list of techniques was water-based interrogation, known variously then as 'water cure,' 'water torture' and 'waterboarding,' according to the charging documents. It simulates drowning." Politifact went on to report, "A number of the Japanese soldiers convicted by American judges were hanged, while others received lengthy prison sentences or time in labor camps."

      It's been confirmed. Waterboarding US soldiers resulted in execution.

      Why? Because it was TORTURE

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