The debate continues.  “Water boarding is torture”.  “Water boarding is not torture”.  Proponents of water boarding as an interrogation technique state that such harsh interrogation techniques are needed to gain information that could save innocent lives.  Opponents ask how we would like it if our soldiers were water boarded.

The problem with the debate is that it starts with the wrong premise.

First of all, I would not like American soldiers (or any soldiers) to be water boarded.  The key word here is “soldiers”.  Soldiers are men and women who wear uniforms and who fight in wars sanctioned by one or more governments.  Soldiers have a very specific code and they are protected by the Geneva Conventions.  They should never receive any form of harsh interrogation (i.e., water boarding) and definitely should not be tortured.  Those are the rules.

The people who have been water boarded during the war against islamofascism are NOT soldiers.  They are terrorists.  They are murderers.  They are religious fanatics.  And they are people who set no boundaries in their goal to kill all people who disagree with their narrow, ignorant world view.  They do NOT wear uniforms.  They are not officially sanctioned by any government.  Regardless of what the leftists say, they do NOT fall within the purview of the Geneva Conventions. 

So let us re-begin the debate.

The question again? 

Is water boarding torture?  No.  It is harsh interrogation. 

Should soldiers receive harsh interrogation?  No. 

Should islamofascist murderers (who will not give up important information without some form of coercion) be harshly interrogated?  YES!  Should they be tortured?  NO.  They should just be tried and found guilty and then killed if they don’t tell us what we need to know.  Killing is not torture if done humanely….which is more than can be said for the manner in which the terrorists kill their enemies.