Dear MSM, a word , please

[cali]

The word is torture. Torture. Say torture when you're referring to waterboarding, slamming a detainee into a wall or putting them in box with bugs. Stop using euphemisms for torture. Stop saying harsh methods of questioning for torture.

It's a simple word. Here's the etymology:

The word 'torture' comes from the French torture, originating in the Late Latin tortura and ultimately deriving the past participle of torquere meaning 'to twist'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture

It's simple. It was torture.

[JuniperLea]

1. And while we have your attention...

The Geneva Conventions are not presidential policies, they are treaties agreed to by the vast majority of the countries in power on the planet Earth. Just in case you were thinking of going there too.

[Captain Hilts]

2. And please ask why Colin Powell sat on his hands for this.

And other folks, ask why you cheered Powell when his image came on the jumbotrons at the inauguration.