As long as we're discussing torture, I should point out that there is a certain subset of conservative thugs who justify their support for waterboarding by insisting that waterboarding is not torture. Personally, I'm more inclined to accept the opinion of a Republican politician who has actually been tortured, or failing that, of someone who has actually been waterboarded.
So to Newt Gingrich, Ted Cruz, Karl Rove, Tom Cotton and anyone else who insists waterboarding is not torture, I'd like to make a suggestion. Arrange to have yourselves waterboarded on live television, before a bi-partisan panel of witnesses. If you do that, I promise I will strongly consider your opinion that waterboarding is not torture.
Until then, please shut the hell up.
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