Far too many political leaders in this country are equivocating on the subject of torture. Like demented ostriches, they stick their heads up their asses so they can pretend not to know that a practice that the US is engaged in has been considered torture since the Spanish inquisition

Any US politician, whether in or out of power, any federal appointee or aspirant, any goddammn one of them who can not agree, unequivocally, that waterboarding is torture, should be subject to a multi-week course of regular waterboarding. If after that time, they still hold their position, then I’ll be willing to consider that they are not, in fact, vile, worthless, evil cowards.