Trump: Torture 'Absolutely Works,' But I'll Defer to Mattis, Pompeo

[DonViejo]

by Ken Meyer | 6:50 pm, January 25th, 2017

President Trump reaffirmed his position on enhanced interrogation techniques on Wednesday, though he said he would hear what his intelligence advisers had to say before bringing them back into practice.

After talking with ABC’s David Muir about his ideas for the border wall, Trump was asked about his previous statements about how the government should use waterboarding and similar methods in the war against ISIS.

“As far as I’m concerned, we have to fight fire with fire,” Trump said. “With that being said, I’m going with General [James] Mattis. I’m going with my secretary because I think [Mike] Pompeo’s gonna be phenomenal. I’m gonna go with what they say.”

Mattis and Pompeo are Trump’s Secretary of Defense and CIA Director respectively. Both have made statements in the past which suggest that they are not as in favor of waterboarding as Trump is.

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http://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-torture-absolutely-works-but-ill-defer-to-mattis-pompeo/

[yallerdawg]

1. "Nanny-nanny-poo-poo?"

This is a grown man?

ISIS tortures and slaughters human beings to create TERROR!

"Why can't we?"

[bhikkhu]

2. He totally knows this because he watched "24"

in spite of all the torture and black sites bush had going when the "gloves came off", which did nothing to find bin laden, but rather were more instrumental in creating isis and poisoning the US image and reputation throughout the world than anything else.

[Johonny]

3. If the Dems take teh house...war crimes trial. Period.

They cannot look forward and not back again. It is unacceptable to torture.