~>  EC> The historical evidence on
~>  EC> the nature of the Japanese "water cure" was clear, and you
~>  EC> once again ignored it.
 
~>  I thought you had paid attention to the article I posted, with
~>  link.

I paid it more attention than it deserved.  I read it.  I noted that
Wallach had pulled a very short and incomplete description from Nielsen's
two days of testimony.  I realized that the incomplete description might
mislead one like you who does not check facts.  I then made the description
of his treatment more complete by citing the judgment of the International
Military Tribunal - Far East, in Chapter 8, p. 1059:

"To indicate the prevalence of torture and the uniformity of the methods
employed we give a brief summary of these methods.

The so-called "water treatment" was commonly applied. The
victim was bound or otherwise secured in a prone position; and water was
forced through his mouth and nostrils into his lungs and stomach until he
lost consciousness. Pressure was then applied, sometimes by jumping upon
his abdomen to force the water out. The usual practice was to revive the
victim and successively repeat the process. There was evidence that this
torture was used in the following places: China, at Shanghai, Peiping and
Nanking; French
Indo-China, at Hanoi and Saigon; Malaya, at Singapore; Burma, at Kyaikto;
Thailand, at Chumporn; Andaman Islands, at Port Blair; Borneo, at
Jesselton; Sumatra, at Medan, Tadjong Karang and Palembank; Java, at
Batavia, Bandung, Soerabaja and Buitennzong; Celebes, at Makassar;
Portuguese Timor, at Ossu and Dilli; Philippines, at Manila, Nichols Field,
Palo Beach and Dumaguete; Formosa, at Camp Haito; and in Japan, at Tokyo."

And I went further by trying in vain to direct your attention to the more
complete description of the water cure that was used on Neilsen and his two
surviving crew members.  You brought up the example but you were ignorant
on what was actually done to him.  Wallach selectively quoted Nielsen but a
more complete description was given in the book _The Doolittle Raid_, by
Schultz, p. 233, concerning the interrogation of Nielsen, Meder, and Hallmark:
 
"The water torture was first.  The men were tied and
stretched flat on their backs on the floor with guards
holding their legs.  Water was forced into their mouths and
noses until they passed out; it was not unlike drowning.
The Japanese would force the water out, usually by jumping
on their stomachs.  When they revived, brought back from
the point of death, they were stretched out again and the
process was repeated.  The Kempei Tai knew exactly how far
to go before reviving them."

In short, you were wrong again.

 
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