The Republican medical experts (sarcasm) were?out in full force on the Sunday shows. including has-been Republican strategist Karl Rove, former senior adviser to Pres.?George W. Bush. Rove argues that the?use of waterboarding on detainees isn’t really torture?because the technique?was designed specifically to let the victim?remain alive. Nice.
When asked by Chris Wallace if waterboarding is indeed torture, Karl Rove answered with emphatic “no.”
?The tests were, do they involved severe pain or suffering or do they involve severe and prolonged mental pain or suffering?? he opined. ?And in each instance, these procedures were designed so that they would not pass those barriers.?
?Take, for example, waterboarding,? Rove continued. ?In waterboarding ? unlike World War II, where the Japanese attempted to drown people by basically pouring water in their mouths ? here the feet were elevated so there’s little or not chance of any fluid getting into the lungs. And very careful standards set in place so these would help break the the resistance of the detainee without placing their life in danger.?
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