On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> Additionally you don't have to go back a century for precident, rather in
> the Vietname war personnel were court marshaled over a waterboarding
> incident:
> "Water boarding was designated as illegal by U.S. generals in Vietnam 40
> years ago. A photograph that appeared in The Washington Post of a U.S.
> soldier involved in water boarding a North Vietnamese prisoner in 1968 led
> to that soldier's severe punishment.

Since when do US generals have the authority to designate something as
illegal?



-- 
Scott Stroz
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The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are
willing to work and give to those who would not. - Thomas Jefferson

http://xkcd.com/386/


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