In a fit of typical liberal hysteria, the BBC are going mental about the comments US Vice President Dick Cheney has made relating to the methods of interrogation used by the Americans in Camp Delta, Guantanemo Bay, Cuba.
He apparently conceded to a caller on an American conservative right wing radio station in North Dakota that the US was engaged in 'water boarding' as interrogation techniques for detainees at Guantanemo. For those who are not accustomed to the concept of water boarding, it is apparently the blindfolding and chaining of a prisoner followed by pouring buckets of water slowly over their face, simulating the effects of drowning in a waterfall. This, so I am reliably informed, brings a rush of claustrophobia to even the hardest of hard bastards (I had something similar happen to me at uni, but it involved Jim Bean whisky and I definitely had my mouth wide open!).
In short, if it would make John Rambo crack then a few skinny, bearded Islamic extremists wouldn't stand a chance.
Cheney didn't actually say that this was a common practice amongst the intelligence services; he merely agreed that next to ramming planes into skyscrapers this would pale by comparison. However, even if he had gone on the record to say that both he and President Bush were aware such techniques were being used I would have to ask: so what?!
I am really very interested by the entire concept of extraordinary rendition of suspects to Guantanemo, their treatment when incarcerated and the duration of their imprisonment. This country should be grateful America are taking a lead in interning (forcibly in most cases) suspected terrorists or Al-Qaeda operatives. We are fighting a war on terror, not playing a round of doctors and nurses. Evil bastards need to be apprehended, and when they are caught they need to provide intelligence to catch more terrorists.
We can never know just how many innocent lives have been saved by the intelligence gathered by the US at Guantanemo. We all hear the sickening BBC news about how many 'Brits' are incarcerated there, but given a choice of having the shoe bomber in an all orange jumpsuit having water poured all over him or sat next to me on a trans-Atlantic flight I think I know which option I prefer!
Interrogation happens, that is a fact of life. If the US are using original, even semi-torturous means of getting information out of dangerous scum who despise everything the western world stands for, then I am all in favour of it.
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