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Never in his article did he say it was painful, I have yet to read an account where it has been described as painful. I am sure Hitchens as a 59 year old viewed it as torture as he would running a marathon. I am not sure how many 59 year old boozy journalists it has been applied to in the war terror.
His age is irrelevant. Breathing isn't any more optional for a Navy Seal, Green Beret, Delta Force, SAS, Spetznaz, or any other alphabet soup special force tough guy as it is even for a "boozer" like Hitchens. May I remind folks that Hitchens was pro-war with regards to Iraq.
Never in his article did he say it was painful, I have yet to read an account where it has been described as painful. I am sure Hitchens as a 59 year old viewed it as torture as he would running a marathon. I am not sure how many 59 year old boozy journalists it has been applied to in the war terror.
Hitchens is a conservative; IMHO he wouldn't have offered to be waterboarded had he thought it was painful or terrifying. Torture doesn't need to involve pain; think of Chinese water torture.
Does waterboarding have long-term physical effects?: Scientific American Blog (http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=does-waterboarding-have-long-term-p-2009-05-01 - broken link)
So he'd volunteer to waterboard Cheney, would he also volunteer his service over in Iraq or Afghanistan? Would he volunteer his services at GITMO? Big talk coming from a washed up circus freak. I'm no fan of Cheney, for all I care they can drown him in a barrel of the finest champagne that he's been sipping while making his friends rich with this ongoing war.
Funny how someone like Jesse comes out with blunt truth, and the chicken hawk crowd can't refute anything he says so they revert to childish name calling.
1. John Kerry - War Hero
2. John McCain- War Hero
3. Colin Powell- American Hero
4. Jesse Ventura- Navy Seal
5. Michael Steele- RNC Chair
Promoted by GOP
1. Rush Limbuagh- Comedian
2. Glen Beck(not real name)- Entertainer
3. Sean Hannity/Bill O'Reilly- Puppet Masters
4. Michele Bachman/Alan Keyes- Raving lunatics
5. Sarah Palin- Idiot
Nice job guys
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