Inklings: a tumblelog

Cheney enthusiastically endorses waterboarding

A quote to put this in perspective:

In 1947, the United States prosecuted a Japanese soldier for war crimes and sentenced him to 15 years hard labor for using the technique on a U.S. prisoner.

So, if the technique’s used by people who aren’t American, it’s bad, but if it’s used by Americans, it’s good? Riiight…