Chicago radio “shock jock” Erich “Mancow” Muller took his listeners’ advice and voluntarily underwent waterboarding on May 22 and reluctantly concluded it was “torture.” Mancow had earlier pooh-poohed the conclusion that waterboarding was torture (though the U.S. government prosecuted as war criminals some Japanese soldiers who had conducted waterboarding against U.S. soldiers, and even court-martialed a U.S. soldier who had engaged in it in Vietnam). Vanity Fair journalist Christopher Hitchens also volunteered to be waterboarded last year after being challenged to do so.

In an on-air confrontation earlier this week with co-host Brian Kilmeade on Fox and Friends on the Fox News Channel, former Minnesota Governor and Navy Seal Jesse Ventura had argued it was torture. Ventura had undergone waterboarding as part of his military SERE training.

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Cheryl said:

... We are Americans! We DO NOT Torture!!!

May 22, 2009

DUSTOFF said:

... Well it's not supposed to be delightful.

May 25, 2009

Ron Warrick said:

Torture? Mancow cheated. He got to bail out. US detainees didn't get to bail out unless they agree to talk (which means making something up if they don't know anything). The responsible people should not only be tried for war crimes, but for incompetence.

May 25, 2009

America First said:

By any other name If a non-friendly had information that will prevent the killing of Americans I want it out of him by any means. Any American who thinks it's not worth torturing this info out of someone should be the first to volunteer themselves and their families to be the victims of an attack. Better to win by any means, than lose on principle.

May 26, 2009