Waterboard John Ashcroft
In a speech yesterday at the University of Colorado, former AG John Ashcroft defended the use of waterboarding to interrogate Muslims suspected terrorists. His reason? No surprise here: 9/11 changed everything.™
Not only that, but Ashcroft was so certain that waterboarding should be used that he even offered to be waterboarded himself!
Let’s waterboard John Ashcroft. Why? Because it is in the best interest of the United States of America.
According to the Rocky Mountain News:
Ashcroft also responded to questions from the audience. The first question came from a woman who asked if Ashcroft would be willing to be subjected to waterboarding.
“The things that I can survive, if it were necessary to do them to me, I would do,” he said.
You can survive waterboarding–the point of waterboarding is for the person being tortured to only think they’re drowning. Still, you must be wondering, what good could come from waterboarding John Ashcroft?
Ashcroft wouldn’t be the first American to be waterboarded. Homeland Security advisor Malcom Nance volunteered to be waterboarded. Current TV’s Kaj Larsen agreed to be videotaped as he was being waterboarded.
And both men unquestioningly agreed that waterboarding is torture.
Perhaps if John Ashcroft experienced waterboarding, something he claims is necessary to protect America, he too might have a change of heart.
(Cross-posted at DailyKos)
Update: To clarify, I am 100% against torture, but if you look at the reports from the two people (linked above) who agreed to be waterboared, the experience convinced them that waterboarding is torture. I would expect Ashcroft to have the same epiphany.
I certainly wouldn’t kidnap him, extraordinarily rendition him to Guantanamo Bay and torture him, but I would suggest taking him up on his offer.
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