Our country executed Japanese soldiers who waterboarded American POWs. We executed them for the same crime we are now committing ourselves It's kind of awkward to argue that waterboarding is not a crime when you hanged someone for doing it to our troops On November 29, 2007, Sen. McCain, while campaigning in St. Petersburg, Florida, said, "Following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding." Politifact, the St. Petersburg Times' truth-testing project (which this week was awarded a Pulitzer Prize), scrutinized Sen. McCain's statement and found it to be true.
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The times they are a changing, and not for the better.
Americans know the difference between right and wrong but it seems our politicians have changed the criteria for when right and wrong is important.
Americans know the difference between right and wrong but it seems our politicians have changed the criteria for when right and wrong is important.
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