What is the right wing saying about the soldier who waterboarded his 4 yr. old daughter?

[skip fox]

Remember how some of them underplayed the horror of waterboarding: it's just-like-dunking-your-head-beneath-water type responses???? (On a par with Guantanamo being a Cuban Club Med.)

Some of them, it seems, should have no problem with it. Or at least not as harsh of a judgment against it as one might expect.

Does anybody know how the freepers are dealing with this?

[niyad]

1. crickets would be my guess

[slackmaster]

2. They're outraged about it, just as people on DU are

:shrug:

[lob1]

3. Freepers are proud. The waterboarding got the kid to confess.

Our country is a little safer today.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. WMD in diaper.

Case solved.













I know 4yo don't necessarily wear diapers

[DrDan]

5. I'll take a look for you . . .

What a disgraceful a**hole. He does not deserve the title of ‘Parent’.

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doesn't sound like waterboarding to me

More media hysteria. The father abused his child. But the media is using it to slander our military and Bush's policies.


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That's not waterboarding. He beat his kid up and tried to blame it on Bush and his military training, which this gullible reporter was only too happy to repeat.

Army regs prohibit waterboarding. This POS child abuser was not trained in waterboarding.

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Dumbass. Take the kid away.
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How bad was the mother that this nut job gained custody?!?!??!?!

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**hole deserves to have the sh*t beat out of him, then his parental rights forever revoked. It’s not “waterboarding,” it’s attempted murder.
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It’s not water boarding but holding a little girl’s head under water in anger is Torture! This a-hole needs to be in jail and that poor girl needs someone to raise her with a little love. Jeez!


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All in all - not a whole lot of difference than what was posted here - except for a few accusing the left of blaming military training.

[louis-t]

9. Oh great, NOW they admit it's torture.

It wasn't torture when it was ay-rabs being waterboarded.

[customerserviceguy]

10. Can we not make a distinction

between the way that a parent can discipline a child, and the way we would treat a murderous thug who would kill us all?

There are legal punishments that each of us would mete out to an adult that we wouldn't dream of using on a preschool child.

[louis-t]

11. The "distinction" my friend is that it is torture

no matter who it is being perpetrated against. And torture is not a "legal punishment". And the majority of prisoners tortured were released and not tried, therefore assumed to be not guilty. And if you read the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, you will find several examples of language in our laws that state that someone is innocent until proven guilty.

[customerserviceguy]

14. I guess you and I differ on that

I don't believe that the Constitution guarantees rights to everyone across the globe. I would have trouble acknowledging that Hitler, Mussolini or Tojo had rights under our founding document. The same goes with Osama bin Laden.

[louis-t]

16. Our country has always lead by example

not 'don't do as I do, do as I say'. It's as simple as that. Aside from the fact that torturing hasn't provided much actionable info. It is a method of punishment and acting out of anger, seeking revenge not justice. It is neither civilized, nor "Christian". It is not productive and usually is counter-productive. It is not a matter of granting rights to terrorists worldwide. It is a matter of how we conduct ourselves in the world community. If we torture, we prove terrorists right.

[louis-t]

17. Self-delete my stupid computer.

[booley]

18. Everyone on the globe? no. But...

Anyone in our custody? Yes.

And while we did not try Tojo or Mussolini nor Hitler, Fascists captured by the US were given rights as defined by the Geneva Conventions. (which also forbids torture)

[librechik]

6. more importantly, what will they say when the courts declare it illegal and throw the guy in jail?

Will we get a Terry Schiavo snit fit to protect the perpetrator? Or a righteous call to finally prosecute Cheney?

LOL--hypocrisy is their life's blood. Crickets indeed.

[Maru Kitteh]

7. This is not a case about politics, it's a case about child abuse

I find the opportunistic politicization of this little girls torment morally indefensible.

[louis-t]

12. You're right, it is about child abuse.

But it is not "opportunistic" to point out that a large group of so-called Americans who previously thought 'waterboardiong' was NOT torture, now have a different opinion.

[Soylent Brice]

8. just tune into FAUX. you'll get the corporate mandated spin there.

if they aren't reporting it then the RWers probably don't know about it yet.

[yurbud]

13. go to freerepublic.com and look. Probably they fall back on the bad apple argument

[HopeHoops]

15. It wasn't torture, just an "enhanced interrogation technique"

So what if she's four? Shouldn't she know calculus by then? She should at LEAST know her alphabet. What a wimp if she can't take a little casual enhanced interrogation. Geeze, lefties.

(:sarcasm:, of course)