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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-damn-no-waterboarding-under-trump?CMP=twt_gu

Senator John McCain of Arizona, chairman of the armed services committee, said on Saturday that any attempt to bring back harsh tortures such as waterboarding, which simulates drowning, would quickly be challenged in court.

“I don’t give a damn what the president of the United States wants to do or anybody else wants to do. We will not waterboard. We will not do it,” McCain said to applause during a panel discussion at the Halifax international security forum.

McCain, who was tortured as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War, said extreme interrogation techniques are banned under US law and the Geneva conventions.

Waterboard me if old.

 

[monchi-kun]

Then don't freaking block Obama's SC appointee jackass

 

[Escape Goat]

Sometimes John is right. Saying GOP won't confirm an Obama OR Hillary Supreme Court Justice was wrong.

 

[Darryl M R]

This won't influence anything; Trump doesn't take opinion from losers.

Why would Trump listen to a guy that got himself captured?

I don't know this Norm guy personally but a thread this week informed me that I should dislike him. Piss off norm.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

Then don't freaking block Obama's SC appointee jackass

Fucking A

 

[Speevy]

*darkly ironic scene of elderly man face down in water*

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

The sane part of the GOP needs to step up now.

 

[Fox318]

Maybe he should tell Tom Cotton then to stop trying to encourage the practice.

 

[MMarston]

The sane part of the GOP needs to step up now.

Valkyrie 2: Patriotic Boogaloo

 

[AlteredBeast]

"The Gang Waterboards a Senator"

 

[D4Danger]

no torture at our black sites, dammit!

 

[WedgeX]

And yet he had still endorsed him.

 

[Skellig Gra]

And yet he had still endorsed him.

In his defense he revoked it and called him out on being human garbage

 

[AlteredBeast]

And yet he had still endorsed him.

He eventually pulled his endorsement. Still a horrible politician, but at least he eventually did the right thing.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

"The Gang Waterboards a Senator"

oh my god nice.

 

[CrimsonSquall]

"Senior Senator John McCain finally takes an opinion on Trump"

 

[Captain Pants]

Didn't he have a very different opinion on waterboarding when running for president?

 

[nillah]

There's a lot worse America can do than waterboard, John LOL

 

[norm9]

Why would Trump listen to a guy that got himself captured?

 

[Dingens]

McCain, who was tortured as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War, said extreme interrogation techniques are banned under US law and the Geneva conventions.

yeah, that sure stopped them in the past...

no torture at our black sites, dammit!

shh! nobody needs to know

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Didn't he have a very different opinion on waterboarding when running for president?

It's complicated. He was against it but he also rejected a bill that would have banned waterboarding by the CIA citing the reason the other provisions he couldn't agree with.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Can the house or senate stop the president from ordering torture?

I mean if they wanted to of course.

 

[norm9]

Can the house or senate stop the president from ordering torture?

I mean if they wanted to of course.

Of course. *wink*

 

[Zoggy]

It's complicated. He was against it but he also rejected a bill that would have banned waterboarding by the CIA citing the reason the other provisions he couldn't agree with.

yeah it was some fencesitting bs because he was running for president.

the one thing you would think he would never back off of, he almost did.

 

[Geist-]

"The Gang Waterboards a Senator"

FTFY

 

[Anung]

"The Gang Waterboards a Senator"

Jeez! Ironically I nearly choked on my drink while reading this.

 

[Madness]

Then don't freaking block Obama's SC appointee jackass

McCain only cares about things he is personally invested in or affects him. Because he was tortured as a PoW he can empathize with other captured prisoners. But that empathy doesn't extend to other things, which is why McCain does not care about a supreme court nominee.

 

[Sojgat]

Sorry, old man, they'll get waterboarded and worse.

And then their families are gonna die.

Bigly!

 

[BlackLagoon]

The sane part of the GOP needs to step up now.

Sane and sane... The Maverick left town a good while ago. But I guess we'll have to settle for whatever spine individual Republicans can muster on a case by case basis.

 

[Rydeen]

I don't know this Norm guy personally but a thread this week informed me that I should dislike him. Piss off norm.

It's a joke, he's directly referencing a quote from Trump on McCain. This is why nobody should talk about politics online, it gets so heated people can't even make a goddamn joke without people flipping out.

 

[Jobbs]

Then don't freaking block Obama's SC appointee jackass

IKR.

McCain is a fucking fool who is right on like.. this one thing and nothing else.

"Build the dang fence!"

 

[hydragonwarrior]

Then don't freaking block Obama's SC appointee jackass

.

 

[cdyhybrid]

Shouldn't have endorsed him then, you dumb fuck.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Is he even in a position to actually do anything

 

[Future]

Water boarding methods just got 10 minutes longer

How about opinions from military that wasn't captured? #winner

Failed McCain is not willing to do what it takes to make America great again. Sad!

 

[PBalfredo]

I like sane McCain.

I wish we saw him more often.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Then don't freaking block Obama's SC appointee jackass

I just remembered that this dude was seriously going to spend 4 years trying to block HRC's court appointment if she won.

 

[seat]

Trump's been saying this for a long while. Why did you support him to begin with, you weak-willed fuck?

 

[minor effort]

I like sane McCain.

I wish we saw him more often.

Unfortunately, Sane McCain is a coward who constantly capitulates to Do Anything To Win Reelection McCain. He now lives in his shadow.

 

[aeolist]

immediately followed by title card: "the gang gets waterboarded"

 

[capitalCORN]

The party of family values has no spine. It's what you get when you get a congregation of people who think they should only care for themselves.

 

[jabuseika]

You supported him when it mattered, now you don't matter anymore.

 

[Hyperactivity]

Unfortunately, Sane McCain is a coward who constantly capitulates to Do Anything To Win Reelection McCain. He now lives in his shadow.

Maybe he comes back for these last 6 years???

Nah

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

It is ultimately self-defeating as a means of control. One wonders why it is still practiced

 

[Wag]

So McCain got re-elected and now he gets his balls back.

Too little, too late.

 

[Oersted]

We are in the timeline again where torture is back on the table.

Yep, Republicans are in power.

 

[Knuckle Sandwich]

Fuck yourself, McCain. Where was your spine when it counted.

 

[kess]

McCain is automatically vindictive to anyone who wins the Presidency. Sometimes it works out, sometimes not == but this is one of the few topics he doesn't speak out of both sides of his mouth on. Too bad he pissed his moral authority away when he nominated Palin.

 

[Pellegri Testament]

Actions speak louder than words. His words mean nothing after spending the last several months bending over and taking it from Trump just so he could look good for reelection.

 

[Byakuya769]

Meh. Congrats, once again you're getting credit for being somewhat decent.