Posted by
statesrights on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 1:16:26 AM
I was watching John Stewart on Comedy Central's Daily Show the other night (honestly there was nothing on)! Liberal and biased as he maybe, certainly just the flip face of Bill O Reily, I do agree with him on some points. One being that our current administration sucks.
I would like to share with y'all a very valid and interesting point he made recently. As we all know the administration and the Attorney General are on the defensive concerning tactics of torture used at our military prison in Cuba (I'm too tired to spell the name of the base). One of the more recently proven and talked about methods used there is water logging. Now people, I really have no idea what the hell water logging is. Every time I want to look it up I find myself forgetting and will google something else. However, anyone who does know what this is all agree that this is a form of torture!
John Stewart recalled that following World Wart 2, Japanese prison administrators were tried for, convicted of, and executed for war crimes against American POWs. One of the most damning parts of evidence against them was that they had used the Water Logging form of torture against our captured heroes.
Well, here in good ole 2008 our administration is saying that water logging against the terror suspects in Cuba is justified to get information to avert a catastrophic attack.
This is hypocrisy.
The Japanese used the very same defense against AMERICAN prosecutors, yet it made no matter. Darn tootin, I agree with them! Nobody should get away with that kind of torture no matter what reasons right? That is what the AMERICAN prosecutors said in the post WWII trials.
John Stewart asked, "Why is it justified for us to commit this torture on our enemies when it wasn't okay for the Japs to use it on theirs?" Again, our administration answers that its justified to avoid, yada yadayada, you get the point.
The great point that Stewart raised was that didn't the Japs use the SAME argument? You may reply that we have a good enough reason to use this method. The Japs didn't.
Yet, near the end of WWII, two atomic bombs were dropped on two Japan cities. Could that be considered a ascatastrophe? Is that the same sort of attack that we are hoping to avoid using water logging as a tool to interrogate terror suspects?
BOTTOM LINE:
The Japs used the method of torture known as water logging. Their defense was that they wanted the kind of information as to find out in advance any planned assault against their country.
Our administration is allowing the same method of torture known as water logging. Their defense is that they want the kind of information as to find out in advance any type of planned assault against our country.
Those Japanese who knew about or allowed these forms of torture were convicted of these as war crimes regardless of their defense.
My question is, Why does our administration feel that their same methods of torture are justified when just over sixty years ago representatives of our of country tried and convicted our enemies for allowing the very same torture for the very same reasons?
Another good point is that water logging and other forms of torture against their POWs evidently did not aid the Japanese in avoiding their catastrophic events.
I fear and can honestly bet that there are a number of people out there who would wish the same terrible events upon our soil. Those terrorists may or may not be in custody today. Regardless, water logging is not only as just as cruel as it was during WWII but it is just as ineffective as it was then.
I pray that whoever wins this election in November will end the torture any held in US custody. I pray, I pray also, that whoever wins in November will also be more smart and more effective in our war against terror!
VOTE RON PAUL 2008!!
www.ronpaul2008.com