"In 1901 in the United States, the military court-martialed and sentenced to 10 years hard labor a US major who had waterboarded a prisoner in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. The United States officially outlawed the practice after World War II, when the Germans and Japanese had both used it against Allied troops. The Allies executed eight Japanese officers for waterboarding British prisoners and sentenced another to 15 years hard labor for waterboarding a US civilian, among other crimes."
After studying economics for 6 years, which availed me of the merits of free markets, I have circled back to the conclusion that, overall, Democrats will benefit most people in the long run far more than Republicans. I chronicle my observations in this blog.
Learn Econ on Wikipedia|Blog Archive
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Waterboarding
Today's Boston Globe's editorial is the most persuasive I've seen so far on the matter. Here's an excerpt:
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment