”Yes. I would return to that policy. I don’t see it as torture. I see it as an enhanced interrogation technique.

Herman Cain, asked about waterboarding at tonight’s GOP debate.

Michele Bachmann gave a similar answer: “if I were president I would use waterboarding” (via).

Has either one of the candidates been present for the waterboarding they’re so anxious to resume? Certainly not.

For my part, I recommend that everyone watch the following video:

This, I think, is a tame demonstration of what is clearly torture.

Luckily, neither Cain nor Bachmann have any chance of becoming the next President of the United States. Their desire to torture people should be enough to disqualify them.

(via kohenari)

Watch the Christopher Hitchens video.