Is waterboarding considered torture? Yes, but very mild in comparison to what terrorists do to us and their own people.

Shit, I had worse stuff done to me in college when I was pledging a fraternity.

Rift- very surprised with your stance. It is not very Christian like. Not critizing, just pointing it out.

Samuaeul- same with you. You are former military. You understand what needs to be done to obtain certain objectives.

For all the bleeding hearts on the left here, if you considering waterboarding severe torture, what do you considering the beheadings, burning of bodies, chopping off of limbs, and the shots to head that the terrorists do to the people they catch? I do not believe the US would stoop to that level to obtain information.

Another thing, do you all think that we have not been using some form of torture, in the history of the US to obtain informtion? I am sure the American Revolutionsists tortured British soldiers to give up their camps. Same during the Civil War. None of this is new stuff going on. Some things we are just better off not knowing.....

S.