From: "Gary Britt" 

Waterboarding isn't torture and napalm and fire bombs are necessary weapons at times.

Gary

"Phil Payne"  wrote in
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> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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> > I agree and we don't torture, its our policy not to.
>
> So water boarding isn't torture?
>
> That dog don't hunt - it's been tried before:
>
> http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2003/030810-napalm-iraq01.htm
>
> "The Pentagon denied using napalm at the time, but Marine pilots and their
> commanders have confirmed that they used an upgraded version of the weapon
> against dug-in positions. They said napalm, which has a distinctive smell,
> was used because of its psychological effect on an enemy."
>
> ..
>
> "The Pentagon said it had not tried to deceive. It drew a distinction
> between traditional napalm, first invented in 1942, and the weapons
dropped
> in Iraq, which it calls Mark 77 firebombs. They weigh 510lbs, and consist
of
> 44lbs of polystyrene-like gel and 63 gallons of jet fuel."
>
> Napalm is napalm, torture is torture.  It's shameful that the USA is once
> again trying to slime out this way.
>
> --
>   Phil Payne
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