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September 21, 2006
Waterboarding works
I watched Keith Olbermann last night for the first time in months, and I picked a good night, sort of. Just as Olbermann reminded viewers that coercive techniques "don't work" (it's a known fact, dummy) and around the same time Olbermann was taking a few silly shots at Bill O'Reilly, Brian Ross (ABC News) was a few blocks away on the Factorconfirming that torture - specifically waterboarding -- does, and has worked. And as Ace points out, "Ross's sources include people within the CIA who are opposed to the practices."
Ross didn't say anything about the utility of setting terrorists on ablaze and throwing them off burning skyscrapers, a technique I've been advocating for a while.
Posted by bill at September 21, 2006 08:58 AM
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I, too, don't watch Olberman, but I came across him while trying top get to sleep at 1:55 a.m. and saw his rant upon Bush for questuioning Colin Powell's comment regarding use of torture. He went into a tirade and this was my response via e-mail to Olberman.
Mr. Olberman:
Just shut up! Instead of using ridiculous analogies, you should "think" before you speak. Bush's point was that if you think that America and what America does compares to cutting off the heads of innocent civilians, then you are a bigger idiot than you claim Bush is. You can put your head in the sand and have these juvenile tirades all you want, but you have little, if any, impact on American thought and beliefs. You are a bit player who is trying, albieit erroneously to cast the US as a terrorist organization, just like the islamic extremists that we fight. Go back to ESPN and do sports you self-absorbed, arrogant, elitest. Have a nice day.
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at September 21, 2006 10:32 PM
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