Liz Cheney says "Waterboarding isn't torture," but John McCain called it "a very exquisite torture"

I'd be flip and say "Let's waterboard her, and then see what she has to say," but waterboarding is torture and I wouldn't want to give the order to torture anyone. As my favorite principal used to say, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree." It is quite obvious that Ms. Cheney has no moral scruples when it comes to national security and she doesn't care who knows it. I think her father is evil, how guilty is she by association? Close, and getting closer by the day, based on these comments. Sad, really.

Why is this woman on TV again ?

"My daddy didn't do it"

Sounds like an episode of Cops.

Threatening a prisoner with imminent death is very clearly illegal, Liz. U.S, CODE: Title 18, CHAPTER 113C specifically states threatening a prisoner with imminent death is considered torture as is "the threat that another person will imminently be subjected to death, severe physical pain or suffering..."

Oh, and Liz's argument in stating there has to be evidence that can stand up in a court of law that torture occurred before we can have an investigation into whether torture occurred is so demonstrably false. All that is required is reasonable suspicion that a crime took place.

Listening to the anti-American kkkonservative teabaggings hicks attempting to justify water boarding is torture.

Liz Cheney is not qualified to make that determination.

Apparently Liz Cheney is more qualified and knows more about what constitutes torture than, say, the Army Field Manual and the authors of the Geneva Conventions.

It is astoundingly ridiculous that the MSM and interviewers are too scared to challenge her on such things.

Obviously Dick used to waterboard his daughter for laughs at summer barbecues when she was a kid. Fun for the whole family.

It's been said already, but bears repeating... why should anyone care what this woman thinks about torture? For what reason does she have anything but bias? What expertise does she hold? Anything worth anything to listen to? Anything at all?

And somehow Liz Cheney has more credibility on torture than a POW?

Lets not forget that Liz Cheney has this fountain of knowledge of top secret information that only her dad and top officials knew about. So, she can magically speak to what was and was not discussed at these top level meetings in which she would have no clearance for.

She really is a piece of work. What has this country come to when we're allowed to threaten people with rape and death? How in the hell is the prisoner going to know that you were only "bluffing"?? You've only been simulating he drowning 83 times in a month.

Look, what Liz Cheney means is that waterboarding is not torture, but a simulation of torture, designed by our own military for the SERE program.
SERE stands for survival, evasion, resistance and
escape, and teaches members of our military how to do those thing if they are ever captured by an enemy force. Is it unpleasant? Yes. It is supposed to be, but it was also designed to be nonlife threatening, nor to leave any lasting damaged to the US pilots, mavy seals, green berets, subjected to it. Nothing can, however, train anyone to withstand real torture, the breaking of arms and legs, beatings and whippings that go
on for hours or days at a time. being held in solirary confinement for years, with only a bowl of unsanitary soup or rice a day for food, and barely any water. John McCain and other POW's suffered much worse in Vietnam, and for a longer period of time, than did any of the high level detainees at Gitmo, or otther US facilities. And if they were waterboarded
they were not tortured!

She reminds me of a ten year old.. covering her ears just saying "no, no, no".

All Liz Cheney is worried about, is what she should wear when she visits Daddy on Wednesday afternoon's during visiting hours at the prison.

Liz Cheney says "Waterboarding isn't torture," but John McCain called it "a very exquisite torture"

Next, I suppose Liz is going to volunteer to be waterboarded -- then back out . . .

Seriously, who comes in here and gives a thumbs-down to [i]every[i] post in here without posting some kind of response?? My guess is either Dick or Liz Cheney

Oh My.. And after Watching Fox not call her Dad on Squat today..
These Cheney's are just gonna play that same "we saved America" Line..

Hey Liz, Your Dad, Dick broke what America is to "save" it.
No Thanks.. Not in my name! Go to Jail Dick..
Anyone who says Water boarding is NOT torture.. Do It! I DARE you! I Double Dog Dare you!

Hey, since it isn't torture or anything unpleasant, we would like to experiment it on your grand kids and see what they think about it.

That's a great point. Why are people listening to her about what she thinks about torture? What makes her so qualified to answer these questions? Its not like she was there when it happened or sat on any high level meetings that her dad was in on. Its like asking Joe the Plumber on what stocks to buy.

With her ability to stick to basic talking points, she must have been water boarded by her dad at least 80 or so times a month as a kid.

why does this woman continue to get a platform? shes has been constantly discredited as having any legitimate facts on torture, shown as a liar, torture sympathizer and lap dog for republicans.

and did she actually cite the national review and some columnists' analysis of the DOJ and what its standards should be?

spare us, ms. cheney, please.

I think Liz Cheney is trying to cover her own butt.Wonder what kind of dirty deeds she did while working for the State Department.A good way to shut Liz Cheney up whenever she apears is to turn the discussion to her job at State and what exactly did she do while there.I don't believe she would blabber blabber about that .

My, my, my. The drive-by thumbs-down coward has been very busy in this thread.

WTF does Lynn Cheney know about anything? Why is she suddenly all over the media like she's an expert on national security? What are her credentials?

I have a question, maybe someone can enlighten me on this. If these 'enhanced interogation' techniques aren't torture, why don't we use them domesticly? I'm sure that these non torture techniques could yield the police lots of useful information.

Living in Germany, I have never heard of this (exept Nazi´s doing it, of course...).
Could anyone give me a (reliable) source? Thank you.