Torture? We shall see...

For about a month now I have talked about my willingness to be water boarded and the planning process that has taken longer than I would have liked. I've called in on www.offthehandleradio.com and talked on my own little show, www.mattersofopinion.net, about it to some degree, but I felt the need to reiterate my feelings and reasons behind why I feel I need to go through this process.

I don't cover foreign policy very much, for two simple reasons: I don't know very much about it and it doesn't interest me very much. I generally give whatever President the benefit of the doubt that they are making what they feel to be the right decisions when it comes to my family's safety. I gave Bush the benefit of the doubt about Iraq and Afghanistan, and now I'm giving Obama the benefit of the doubt that something will be done about North Korea, whether it's bolstering of US troops in certain strategic areas around the globe or hiring some Chinese mercenary to pick off Kim Jong Il from a few miles away. Either way, until something substantial happens, I'll keep my opinions on what I'D do to myself. Because let's face it: nobody reading this right now knows for sure what the Hells going on. All we can do is speculate and examine the facts. Fact: Clinton neutered the CIA which could have helped stop 9/11 , theoretically. Fact: Bush ignored warnings that planes COULD be used as projectiles. Fact: After that dreadful day, the Bush administration chose not to take anything for granted, and at times felt the need to use water boarding as a way to obtain information to save lives, and so far has been successful.

The fact that water boarding isn't going to be used during this administration doesn't bother me, it's the politics that are being used concerning this technique that does, and if you want to read more on that part of it scroll on down to me post titled Half man, half machine.

As far as whether or not water boarding is torture, well...I just don't know. Some say it is, some say it isn't, and of course the sides are split among parties. So I want to go through with this to form an actual opinion on it. I'm sure it's going to suck. Suck hard. But I feel the need to experience the technique myself. So to those who write and comment that perhaps I have chickened out, please realize that with the birth of my first child and being called back to work after being laid off, time to do it was the major issue. But this Tues. I will be doing it, and expect a video and commentary on it posted shortly after.