Fox News Military Guest: Torture Is Good, 'It Worked on John McCain'

[DonViejo]

Ret. Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney, a frequent Fox guest, made the ugly ‘Songbird’ remarks while dismissing McCain’s opposition to Trump CIA pick Gina Haspel.

ANDREW KIRELL
05.10.18 2:09 PM ET

According to a frequent Fox News military commentator, torture is good because it worked on Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).

McCain, who was tortured while a prisoner of war in Vietnam, has been outspoken in opposing Gina Haspel, President Trump’s pro-torture nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency.

Appearing Thursday morning on the Fox Business Network, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney took an ugly swipe at McCain for his opposition to torture, telling Varney & Co. host Charles Payne: “The fact is, is John McCain—it worked on John. That’s why they call him ‘Songbird John.’”

“The fact is those methods can work, and they are effective, as former Vice President Cheney said,” McInerney continued, in a clip first spotted by Media Matters. “And if we have to use them to save a million American lives, we will do whatever we have to.”

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[BlueDog22]

1. Sick

That's just sick...

[backtoblue]

2. That is very ugly.

What a jerk. And fwiw, Democrats didn't even stoop that low when we hated the things McCain has said and done over his career. Again, what a jerk.

[IluvPitties]

3. Nasty mofos.

[Scurrilous]

4. Deplorable. n/t

[Ilsa]

5. No one keeps secrets under torture.

They always spill their guts. If they don't know something, they make up a story to tell the torturers.

McCain exactly what he was expected to do: resist until you can't any more.

I had two friends that went through SERE school. One resisted and got knocked around until he told them everything. The other one told me, "I sang loudly and clearly from the start. Told them everything I knew and some shit they didn't care about."