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FSogol

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11. At least Mad Dog Mathis recognizes that water boarding and torture are war crimes and don't work.

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #10)

Fri Jan 13, 2017, 03:04 PM

Jan 2017

When asked by Trump, What do you think of waterboarding?"

Mathis said, 'I've never found it to be useful.' He said, 'I've always found, give me a pack of cigarettes and a couple of beers and I do better with that than I do with torture.'"

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/23/politics/waterboarding-trump-mattis/

Mathis might be the best check on a Trump presidency so far.

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At least Mad Dog Mathis recognizes that water boarding and torture are war crimes and don't work. FSogol Jan 2017 #11