Citing plentiful evidence that “John McCain has been supporting torture for years now… dragging world opinion of the United States into the gutter, making us less safe,” David Swanson uses an American Chronicle piece (9/28/08) to point out a different, “parallel universe”:
the one on television and in Congress. In this universe there are suspicions that someone in the U.S. military may have used some technique bordering on torture, but there’s just no way to know for sure. Perhaps an investigation would be a good idea. Or maybe a better solution would be to elect a new president, especially one who’s been a victim of torture and opposes it. But the whole topic is very minor one, and the correct position is unclear since torture is both frowned on and useful for getting tough on terrorists.
See FAIR’s magazine Extra!: From Water Torture to ‘Waterboarding’: Media Rehabilitate Torture as Aquatic Sport (5-6/08) by Isabel Macdonald
