water boarding

This political cartoon has to deal with the torture technique that is used by the CIA today in investigating terrorism. The man on the left has a stream of drool hanging from his mouth and his arms are tied behind his back. The author acknowledges that the person is being held against their will and is engaged in torture. The man who is torturing the other man is in the shadows so that his face cannot be seen. According to the Patriot Act a man can be held without being told what they are being held for, because they are alleged terrorists.

Water boarding is an insanely inhuman form of torture used against people to get them to admit to any crime. The process of water boarding is to shove a rag in a persons mouth and poor water down their throat causing them to believe they are drowning. The person under duress will admit to anything because they do not want to die. Some people have said that if a terrorist were going to blow up a city and someone were to only have a few minutes with the person this would justify the water boarding technique. Well I just want to add, that isn't going to happen!