BY: NCViking

I know we are a little behind on the news of Mancow’s waterboarding, but it deserves posting.

Leave it to a shock jock to do what no other media personality was willing to do – get waterboarded to prove whether it is torture or not. Well, after 6 seconds he was convinced it is.

Mancow discussing his ordeal on Countdown with Keith Olbermann:

There was only one problem with the demonstration: according to the memos that revealed the practice of “waterboarding” (used on only three individuals), it involved covering the nose and mouth with a cloth and pouring water over that cloth to create a drowning sensation. Mancow had water poured directly up his nose and in his mouth. The cloth was only covering the bridge of his nose and eyes. I am unsure if that makes a difference or not but it should be duly noted.

Whether this method of interrogation is torture or not continues to be debated. Brutalizing an individual is indeed un-American, but on the flip side, simply talking with a detainee without the suspect feeling any sense of peril for his/her silence or actions is not enough. Where is that middle ground? Does it include waterboarding, or only the Comfy Chair?

So the debate continues …

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