BS directed at the government and our military is definitely more than a trend; it’s a way of life for the demoncrats and their masters, the hard left.

Two great articles: The Torture Fraud of the Left and There is No Such Thing as a Lie - TNSTAAL VIRUS. Actually, the second one is entitled “Iraq Anti-War Movement: A Pop Quiz for Americans” - but the priceless part in there is when TNSTAAL VIRUS is explained; which everyone should take note of.

This is another example of how leftists have blurred the distinction between REAL TORTURE ¹ and NOT TORTURE, the truth or a lie. Of course there is such a thing as truth, but leftists will never acknowledge it; their campaigns are comprised of out-and-out lies, semantics and rhetorical arguments.

J.R. Dunn explains in this article how leftist obfuscation is responsible for the public misconceptions of ‘torture’ employed by the U.S. government, thereby characterizing the US government as ‘inhumane’. It all began with Abu Ghraib, and escalated from there.

Abu Ghraib changed the public perception of torture. This new understanding was then applied to all levels of terror operations, most notoriously involving Guantanamo Bay. Much of what came out of Gitmo was rumor of the Koran-in-the-toilet variety, and no small amount of that conditioned by the Al-Queda practice of claiming torture under all circumstances when in custody, demonstrating that the Jihadis have a clearer understanding of the media than most members of our own government. The rumors were taken as true under the corollary, if Abu Ghraib, why not Gitmo, and served as the basis for calling for the closure of Camp X-Ray and its successors.

I would say Koran-in-the-toilet and underwear-on-the-head and being forced to listen to Christina Aguilara music, all of which do not fit the definition of ‘torture’.

The most recent example of this is the public demonstration of leftists showing waterboarding where they actually ‘fake’ the torture, and you have a muslim guy fake crying about how askeered he was. There is something underneath the towel that shields him from the real affects of the water…some say it’s a sponge. Nonetheless, they’re not even showing the real thing when they commence with this dramatic street theater.

How people could be so stupid as to swallow this leftist FEARMONGERING is absolutely beyond me; we don’t do this anymore.

What they neglect to mention is there have been three times they’ve used this approach and the most notorious ‘victim’ of this method was KSM, the mastermind behind the 9/11 attack. In essence, these people are blocking for Khalid Sheik Muhammed, who broke within minutes….and they’re also neglecting the fact that waterboarding was “banned by the CIA director at the recommendation of his deputy, Steve Kappes.” ² The Whitehouse actually removed waterboarding from the approved list of interrogation techniques, it hasn’t been used since 2003.

But characterizing old methods that we’re not even using anymore as modern-day torture is something that leftists revel in. They don’t want their heroes to ‘break’, you see….God forbid they should give up any of their secrets…even if what they’re complaining about isn’t even happening anymore.

These people are yellow pansy liars.

You know, I think it’s stupid that people are whining about this AT ALL. Waterboarding causes no injury; it causes fear. It causes no scars, no limp, no broken limbs, no missing digits…unlike Al Qaeda’s or Saddam Hussein’s or Qusay and Uday Hussein’s escapades, which REALLY QUALIFY AS TORTURE.

The enemy should be lined up in front of a firing line and shot, and traitors should be executed.

By claiming that people like Code Pink - who give money and medical supplies to the enemy - are entitled to “Free Speech” when their ‘free speech’ destroys things like national security and our ability to defend ourselves, is ridiculous. Not to mention their sidling up with communist dictators like Hugo Chavez.

I think the key to all of this is…their acceptance of the definition of torture under International Law:

“any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity.”

Which I reject.

1. Cao (March, 2006) What Real Torture Is, Cao’s blog[back]
2. Brian Ross and Richard Esposito report (November 2, 2007)-ABC Blotter Exclusive: Only Three Have Been Waterboarded, ABC News[back]