Do you think Waterboarding is an effective military tactic?

... Marines used to sit on the edge of beaches while the ocean washed over their heads for hours at a time... If we can do that to our own soldiers for fun then why not do it to terrorist for important Military information?

Not in the least. Torture is a terrible way to get information, because your victim will say anything to get the torture to stop. Specifically, he will say what he thinks the torturer wants to hear. I could get you to confess to being a member of al-Qaeda in under fifteen minutes, and then name your friends and family members as co-conspirators. Don't believe me? There's this trick where we take a hand-cranked field telephone, and attach one set of wires to your genitalia and the other set to your teeth. Crank the phone. How long would you last before you were begging to tell me anything I wanted to hear? Waterboarding is the same thing.

Good intelligence require interrogators who use psychology to get inside a prisoner and trick him into revealing details without his even knowing he's done it. One of my friends teaches interrogation tactics. He once bet me he got get me to tell him my mother's maiden name in under ten minutes. There was no stress, no threat, and I knew exactly what information he was after. It took him six minutes before I mentioned my grandfather's service in WWII, and called him by his rank and last name.

Torture is pointless, and beneath us as a nation.

If you support waterboarding, just admit it...you support torturing your enemies because that is exactly what water boarding is.

No, I do not support water boarding. I believe we as Americans are great than that.

It's a violation of the Geneva Convention.

After WW ll many were convicted because of their use of it.

I unlike "little" georgie bush served on Active duty, and would NOT like to have it used on me or any of the troops under me.

When did they mention bush? stop slamming him hes not president anymore. We dont care about you and politics. Were speaking tactics smart***

I believe yes, if someone is gonna kill you and holds great information. Show them the pain of death and use the information against the.(if its alqueda dip the rag in pigs blood=))

Waterboarding in my opinion should be used more often. Yes, it's very, very effective

I believe nobody should be hugged by a man with a live bomb strapped to his chest. If waterboarding enemy combatants prevents this, then it is justified.