President Donald Trump Says He Believes Waterboarding Works

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38753000

Trump wants to bring back torture, despite Congress voting overwhelmingly to ban it recently. He also wants to expand America's use of keeping people in prison abroad, without charge or trial.

America....land of the free !

[ummmm]

I was just watching that. He's moving backwards. Torture only achieves false confessions.

[mikey4444]

Ummmm.....I would have thought, that "his people" would have made him see some sense by now, but there is little of that.

[murraymints]

oh dear !

[ummmm]

He's not listening.

I read 'Stolen Years' by Paul Hill, one of the Guildford four, and they admitted things they didn't do because of torture and sleep deprivation.

Trumps attitude is scary.

[mikey4444]

Trump so far :::

1.....Cancel Obama Care

2.....Sweep away as many environmental issues as possible

3.....Bring back torture

Also, to come.... we will have him announce a huge reduction in America's contribution to the UN.

[mikey4444]

Ummm....I read the same book.

[ummmm]

He's also against pro choice and people wonder why women are protesting!

[DTCwordfan]

well number 4 may make sense....about time others paid more of their share. A bit like the foreign aid budget here being too high when we have pressing and embarrassing issues at home. I'm not saying to stop that completely but bring it back to

[youngmafbog]

Except if you actually listen to what he said you would find he didnt say that, the media are 'interpreting his words'

Go and have a listen to what he actually said.

[youngmafbog]

1, Obama care is crippling companies, it was ill concieved and ill implmented.
2, We in the West are struggling to compete with nations like China and India who pump out more and more 'greenhouse gasses'. It really is pointless loosing jobs to thes countries and then importing the product back because we have taxed ourselves out. China and India must be laughing their cocks off.
2, He didnt say that. He appeared to but didnt actually.

[mikey4444]

YMB....I have listened to what he says over the use of torture, and

"absolutely I think it works"

comes over very strongly. Why are you defending this awful man ?

[youngmafbog]

No, you are taking words out of context. I've just listened to it again. He said "I want to do what is within the bounds of legal. Does it work? absolutely it works."

He is not an awful man, that is the lefty liberal view but not the view of millions of others. He is a man delivering on his election promises, something I do appreciate you as a labour voter are not used to.

[ichkeria]

Trump is great news for teachers who want to teach today's kids about medieval times. Talk about bringing the subject to life.
Wake me up in 4 years :-)
Did you see that Orwell's 1984 (written nearly 70 years ago) had become a bestseller btw?

[ummmm]

You must be listening to a different interview than me then.

[ummmm]

That was to YMB.

[Cloverjo]

I was in USA recently. Every taxi driver and barman I spoke to were incredulous that he became POTUS. I don't know who voted for him, but it wasn't the majority of Americans.

[mikey4444]

YMB....rowlocks !

Its quite clear what he wants to do. Stop defending him....he isn't some nice, cuddly Shires Tory.

[youngmafbog]

I'm listening to Sky News and I wrote it down as he said it. What are you listening to?

He very carefully avoided saying he wants to do it, he did say he thinks it works. He is not alone in that thought and it does not make him awful.

Personally I have severe doubts about information obtained under duress.

[ummmm]

He talked about beheadings and said fight fire with fire.

[youngmafbog]

Mickey, what have the Tories got to do with it?

You sound like the ranting politics of envy again.