Are People Who Waterboard Or Torture Prisoners Terrorists?

[SeattlePop]

I have been watching terrorist haters talk about what should be done about terrorists all day on MSNBC or CNN.

It makes me want to puke.

Why do they want to kill us so bad?

Dogpiles of naked Muslims in Abu Ghraib possibly?

War for oil?

Waterboarding prisoners 172 times?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/world/20detain.html

I watched Fareed Zakaria mention one time the fact that "others" have a different idea of what terrorists are than Americans, because he was sick of what he was hearing too.

People who kill innocent non combatants are terrorists. So are soldiers who torture prisoners. Just ask George Washington.

Using torture to try to make a billion people hate our country is not "keeping us safer" in by opinion.

[lapfog_1]

1. i don't know if they are terrorists

but I can tell you that they create terrorists.

[The Wielding Truth]

2. They are torturers and probably sadists. If they threaten torture then

that would make them a terrorist. It's the fear of further horrific acts that marks a terrorist.

[dembotoz]

3. If they torture them they could torture me

[Voltaire2]

4. No they are minions of an authoritarian government with no respect for human rights.

Terrorists are generally non-government actors engaged in violence against civilians for political purposes.

[Iggo]

5. They're torturers and war criminals.

Terrorist doesn't mean anything anymore.

[Cicada]

6. Terrorist means someone using force contrary to desires of US govt