Japanese soldiers were executed for waterboarding American
soldiers after World War 2. Better «rule out» a president like Donald Trump in Atle’s
opinion.
«Dickerson then played a clip of McCain's remarks at the Halifax summit
from Saturday.
“I don’t give a damn what the president of the United States wants to do or
anybody else wants to do. We
will not waterboard. We will not
torture,” McCain said, emphasizing certain words with a point of his finger, to
applause. “My God, what does it say about America if we're going to inflict
torture on people?”
Pence seemed unfazed after he watched the video.»
«Trump said during the campaign that he would reinstate the use of
waterboarding against terrorism suspects — a practice that Congress made
illegal after its use during the George W. Bush administration.
Torture is banned under U.S. law and the Geneva Conventions. On Jan. 22,
2009, newly elected President Obama
signed
three executive orders that reversed Bush administration policies on
the detention and interrogation of suspected terrorists. One of the orders,
signed two days after Obama took office, banned the use of waterboarding and
other methods he called torture.»
«At a rally last November in Columbus, Ohio, Trump promised to reinstate
waterboarding and perhaps other methods of torture beyond it.
“Would I approve waterboarding? You bet your ass I would — in a heartbeat,”
Trump
said as the crowd cheered. “And I would approve more than that. Don't kid
yourself, folks. It works, okay? It works. Only a stupid person would say
it doesn't work.”
Trump repeated “It works” multiple times.
“Believe me, it works,” he told the Columbus crowd. “And you know what? If
it doesn't work, they deserve it anyway, for what they're doing. It works.”»
