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To: Wayners who wrote (11893)	4/26/2009 7:53:17 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 103300

The other difference is that the "water torture" the Japanese used is in no way similar to the waterboarding used by the Bush Admin. J.

To: Wayners who wrote (11893)	4/27/2009 8:03:57 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Re: "One big difference is the japs tortured American regular troops fighting under rules of war....." And, (earlier still...), when the US Court-Martialed some of it's own troops in the Spanish American War for water-torturing Philipa rebels (who were, obviously, NOT part of any nation's formal army), all WELL BEFORE the Geneva Conventions, what about that? That would seem to be at least one historical example that is counter to your paradigm that it is 'OK' to water-torture combatants just so long as they are not a formal part of a nation's armed forces, or from a nation that has not ratified the post WW II Geneva Conventions....