Waterlogged in Lies

Here we have several prominent Democrats and a Republican viewing interrogation methods in a CIA program in 2002. This included waterboarding. Not one rejected the notion. They were silent and they consented, some of them actively encouraged the acts.

Today we are told the act is despicable and is something used by the most repressive regimes in history, and while I reject this as supporting evidence for its wrongness (afterall, the Nazis ate too), I can agree that the act is in fact torture and something we shouldn't be doing. What I don't get is how those that supported it now come against it.

Is it because of the polls on the issue?

This a clear indicator of the intangible differences between the Democrats and the Republicans. They still, fundamentally, have the same set of twisted morals and sense of the world. What they say is an entirely different matter than what they feel. If they said how they feel they'd be viewed as crazy, and we don't want that.

Waterboarding is torture and there is no way around it. It is an act that is meant to inflict direct harm on another for the purpose of coercing information out of them, regardless of the fact that under duress one may spit out any nonsense to escape said pain.

It is a needless cause of human harm. I am sure many would love to point out the fact that I am perhaps compassionate enough to care about terrorists. I shouldn't because terrorists hate me and wouldn't give me any comfort.

Isn't this why we shouldn't be using these techniques? We say we are better than them and then resort to the same methods that they use. They are designed to cause as much suffering as possible. It is a direct agent of harm and is thus outlawed.

Furthermore, it is surprising that this is even in the national dialogue as a serious issue. We are actually weighing the pros and cons of a torture technique. I realize I am appealing to emotion, but isn't it time we move on?

It would seem, however, that we won't move on. This is because the major parties in power really do share a general support for the idea and no matter how immoral it is it will be considered a "tool" (what a euphemism) to get information out of terrorists.

We are sinking down into a new path in this country where the ends always justify the means. This is a dangerous path where we may find that we no longer recognize ourselves and by that time it is too late.