Rudy Guiliani on Torture

On October 16th, I did a small piece on Mitt Romney and torture. Now, comes this gem from Rudy Guiliani describing the tactic known as "waterboarding."

"I'm not sure it is, either," said Rudy. "It depends on how it's done. It depends on the circumstances. It depends on who does it."

And as for the media, Rudy said they've exaggerated the nature of waterboarding.

"Sometimes they describe it accurately. Sometimes they exaggerate it," Rudy said. "So I'd have to see what they really are doing, not the way some of these liberal newspapers have exaggerated it."

Beyond simple common sense and human decency, I'm going with John McCain on this one. He believes that the advocacy of torture by the United States in any form will only put our soldiers in greater danger. McCain may have lost credibility on most issues over the past two years, but on this point, he is THE MAN. Don't %$#@ with THE MAN.

25 October 2007