Watch Christopher Hitchens Get Waterboarded (VANITY FAIR)

[Dr. Jet]

The entire Muslim population of the world is bent on the destruction of the US?? Really??

This is exactly what I am talking about when I say you jump to the absurd.

When did I ever say "THE ENTIRE MUSLIM POPULATION"?

[Dr. Jet]

Dr.Jet I know you are FAR more intelligent than you project yourself to be in these paragraphs... far more. First off Britain imposed on Palestine the European Jews...

Better go back an read history. There never has been a country of Palestine with recognized boundaries.

This is a good synopsis of the geographic history of the Middle East:

http://www.masada2000.org/historical.html

[RMZDADDY]

I am one American who feels that trying to understand the motivations of others and what can be done to ameliorate a situation without military action is in fact a sign of strength and not one of weakness.

I agree with you on this, but, how exactly do you sit down and talk with the extremists or terrorists?

Do they have a list of demands that must be met before they will stop killing?

It would seem that some would have us pull all of our troops out, let the Israelis be wiped out, then maybe they'll talk to us and let us know what we should do next.

I do wish we could end our dependency on foreign oil, without the money from the sale of it, they would be too busy dealing with their own problems to worry about killing us meddling evil westerners!

[Bill-SOCAL]

This is exactly what I am talking about when I say you jump to the absurd.

When did I ever say "THE ENTIRE MUSLIM POPULATION"?

I'm sorry, but terms like "these people" and "they are taught" fail to make a disticntion. So exactly who and how many are "they" and "these"? By your second comment I assume that you no longer feel that all inclusive "these people" applies. So who are you talking about ??

[Dr. Jet]

So who are you talking about ??

The radical Muslum fundamentalists, the Islamo-Fascists, the Jihadists. The ones that want to kill you. The ones that blow up innocent women and children. The ones who think flying airliners full of people into buildings is doing the will of allah. The cockroaches that cut people's heads off with rusty knives because their victims are "Infidels" and are worth less than dogs or monkeys in their eyes. The ones that hang tortured American bodies from a bridge and think it is a good thing. You know; the bad guys.

[Dr. Jet]

I'm sorry, but terms like "these people" and "they are taught" fail to make a disticntion.

You can't really be that dense. You're just saying that to push my buttons, aren't you?

[RMZDADDY]

You can't really be that dense. You're just saying that to push my buttons, aren't you?

Maybe it's just me, but I thought it was pretty clear who this discussion in general was referring to.

Not being totally specific in every statement seems to be an invitation to interpret or "fill in the blank".

[EPower]

I agree with you on this, but, how exactly do you sit down and talk with the extremists or terrorists?

Do they have a list of demands that must be met before they will stop killing?

It would seem that some would have us pull all of our troops out, let the Israelis be wiped out, then maybe they'll talk to us and let us know what we should do next.

I do wish we could end our dependency on foreign oil, without the money from the sale of it, they would be too busy dealing with their own problems to worry about killing us meddling evil westerners!

The only reason why bush went into Iraq was for the oil sorry weapons of mass destruction what a joke, that's the only reason why your troops are still there now

[Darin Jordan]

The only reason why bush went into Iraq was for the oil sorry weapons of mass destruction what a joke, that's the only reason why your troops are still there now

If that's really the case, then I guess we missed a little bit then and were TRUELY misguided... We should have invaded Canada and Mexico instead...

Total Imports of Petroleum (Top 15 Countries)
(Thousand Barrels per Day)
Country Feb-09 Jan-09 YTD 2009 Feb-08 YTD 2008

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CANADA 2,512 2,544 2,529 2,464 2,527
MEXICO 1,364 1,430 1,399 1,327 1,317
SAUDI ARABIA 1,147 1,362 1,260 1,627 1,563
VENEZUELA 1,139 1,353 1,252 1,131 1,214
ANGOLA 671 543 604 350 468
IRAQ 519 568 545 780 658
NIGERIA 496 509 503 1,025 1,110
RUSSIA 478 516 498 451 421
BRAZIL 381 450 417 172 200
ALGERIA 369 720 553 384 514
VIRGIN ISLANDS 333 367 350 351 366
UNITED KINGDOM 260 147 201 155 185
KUWAIT 251 242 246 266 252
ECUADOR 243 278 261 186 224
COLOMBIA 241 269 256 240 218

[AndyKunz]

Mexico and Canada are invading US, Darin!

Andy

[Steven Vaccaro]

Ok, so you guys say that water boarding is torture and bad for our image as a country. You state that there are "other" ways? But fail to mention what the "other" ways are. Now our President last night said the same thing in his speech, "there are other ways". But he also fails to mention the "other" ways. I'm really intrigued at this point. How will we intergate future prisoners?

[Darin Jordan]

I'm really intrigued at this point. How will we intergate future prisoners?

Dude... it's simple... you give them flowers and ask them nicely...

[Steven Vaccaro]

Dude... it's simple... you give them flowers and ask them nicely...

Now, now, be nice. lol

But flowers do wonders when I give them to my wife.

[Steven Vaccaro]

Dude... it's simple... you give them flowers and ask them nicely...

Not to totally change the subject(but I am ) your new avatar is creeping me out. I feel like you are staring at me.

[Bill-SOCAL]

I am amazed at the simplicity of the analysis here. So the choices are either torture or hugs and kisses?? OK.

I guess that it matters not one little bit that the only people still supporting torture are those who were part and parcel in authorizing it or the moron media pundits like Hannity, who so far has refused to follow through on his offer to be waterboarded for charity.

None of the people involved in interrogating prisoners or terrorist suspects says it works, but hey, what do they know. Rush says it does and that is all that needs to be said.