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<blockquote data-quote="av8torntn" data-source="post: 661096" data-attributes="member: 8259"><p>Possibly because that is his main point? </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I thought we could apply this to McCain since you brought him up.</p><p> </p><p>"Waterboarding has become a tool of political gotcha that demeans serious discussion of the changing values underlying our operational approach to national security. It is politics, not morality, when senators vote their conscience along overwhelmingly party lines."</p><p> </p><p>Of course this little but important phrase kinda helps drive home that point.</p><p> </p><p>"Picking on one technique is a political maneuver."</p><p> </p><p>You seem to imply that he has a fear of taking a different opinion Nance but I think that is not the case as he says:</p><p> </p><p>"Mr. Nance writes that he personally supervised the waterboarding of "hundreds of people". <strong>Nothing like that is going on. Nothing</strong>. The CIA has said the number of harsh interrogations is very low, implying a figure of perhaps ten to twenty in five years. The senators on the oversight committees have been briefed for years on the specifics. The Senate chose twice not to pass legislation banning waterboarding. Now they have stirred up a ruckus that forces them to take another vote in order to avoid being called hypocrites."</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I did not put this article up here to somehow back my view of the debate. I just thought that someone on here had linked to small wars and found that more interesting than anything. Also I don't see many people on there that can be accused of dancing around an opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="av8torntn, post: 661096, member: 8259"] Possibly because that is his main point? I thought we could apply this to McCain since you brought him up. "Waterboarding has become a tool of political gotcha that demeans serious discussion of the changing values underlying our operational approach to national security. It is politics, not morality, when senators vote their conscience along overwhelmingly party lines." Of course this little but important phrase kinda helps drive home that point. "Picking on one technique is a political maneuver." You seem to imply that he has a fear of taking a different opinion Nance but I think that is not the case as he says: "Mr. Nance writes that he personally supervised the waterboarding of "hundreds of people". [B]Nothing like that is going on. Nothing[/B]. The CIA has said the number of harsh interrogations is very low, implying a figure of perhaps ten to twenty in five years. The senators on the oversight committees have been briefed for years on the specifics. The Senate chose twice not to pass legislation banning waterboarding. Now they have stirred up a ruckus that forces them to take another vote in order to avoid being called hypocrites." I did not put this article up here to somehow back my view of the debate. I just thought that someone on here had linked to small wars and found that more interesting than anything. Also I don't see many people on there that can be accused of dancing around an opinion. [/QUOTE]
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