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Egnever

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21. That doesn't mean he knows our history.

Reply to bvar22 (Reply #8)

Tue Dec 16, 2014, 09:16 PM

Dec 2014

Or are you saying because I ate a quarter pounder I am an expert on how Mcdonalds became a corporation.

He can certainly speak with authority on what a person goes through when tortured, but this clown is wrong all the time about so many things. Here he is being all kinds of wrong on recent history.

http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/wait-mccain-was-wrong-on-iraq-yup-279981123648

You want to take history lessons from him be my guest I am going to take a big pass.

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Yes, We Did Execute Japanese Soldiers for Waterboarding American POWs [View all] Man from Pickens Dec 2014 OP

i hear cheney arguing it's not torture. this question was settled long, long ago. spanone Dec 2014 #1

Corporate media hacks ignore the history of waterboarding. gordianot Dec 2014 #2

January 21, 1968: US Soldier Convicted of Waterboarding North Vietnamese Prisoner Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #3

Interesting Egnever Dec 2014 #7

Of course we did. The pretense on this subject is wicked and highly delusional. TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #4

The U.S. used waterboarding in Vietnam. former9thward Dec 2014 #5

and he was convicted… nt. Raine1967 Dec 2014 #20

No, he was court marshaled. former9thward Dec 2014 #24

For torture in Vietnam, it's worth studying the "Vietnam Project" and Stan Sheinbaum... cascadiance Dec 2014 #23

You will have to excuse me if I don't take Mcinsane as an expert on American history. Egnever Dec 2014 #6

"Mcinsane" knows more about torture ... bvar22 Dec 2014 #8

True. former9thward Dec 2014 #13

That doesn't mean he knows our history. Egnever Dec 2014 #21

I was told by a eyewitness that we executed hundreds WHEN CRABS ROAR Dec 2014 #9

I was told by my uncle.The soldiers were told to lose them. easychoice Dec 2014 #18

Yeah but that was different mindwalker_i Dec 2014 #10

The comments for that piece at MotherJones are eye-popping. n/t countryjake Dec 2014 #11

Japanese Methods of Prisoner of War Interrogation Octafish Dec 2014 #12

Kick and Rec! zappaman Dec 2014 #14

I've heard jokes about 'The Chinese Water Torture'. trof Dec 2014 #15

But that was so 1948 - SARCASM ashling Dec 2014 #16

The redefining of "torture" by Bushco was absolutely Orwellian. annominous Dec 2014 #17

archaic banter about draconian methods laserhaas Dec 2014 #19

Not exactly because of waterboarding... bobclark86 Dec 2014 #22

We also won the war AnalystInParadise Dec 2014 #25