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US reviving waterboarding, very disturbing: Analyst

Republican presidential candidates participate in the Republican Presidential Candidates Debate February 6, 2016 at St. Anselm's College Institute of Politics in Manchester, New Hampshire. (AFP photo)

Press TV has interviewed Steven Kelley, a former CIA/NSA contractor in Los Angeles, about US Republican presidential hopefuls saying that they will revive the use of waterboarding as a torture tactic if elected president.

The following is a rough transcription of the interview.

 

Press TV: What does this promotion and support for waterboarding say about the US mentality these days?

Kelley: Well these two individuals at least Ted Cruz and Donald Trump obviously they are speaking for their constituents, the demographic of the GOP. We have to also include the other two, the one that refused to put out an answer of course Rubio and then of course Bush who refreshingly decided to say that not doing it was the right thing.

But if you look at all four of these guys somewhere in between them is the truth and somewhere in between them it all represents what the voters at least and the people representing them seem to all agree upon and if anything, Donald Trump seems to be the one that is least afraid of stepping on toes and he is obnoxious and fascist and racist as he comes across, he seems to be the only one that is really telling the truth.

Ted Cruz on the other hand, he comes up with lots of justifications and soft language to make it seem acceptable and he seems to be the one out of all the four [that] seems to be the most likely to get chosen.

Press TV: Ted Cruz even went as far as to say that he does not believe that waterboarding constitutes to torture and then Trump even said that he will implement “hell of a lot worse” if elected president. Your thoughts.  

Kelley: Well I think that behind closed doors hell of a lot worse is probably what they are going to do anyway. Ted Cruz is more inclined to lie about it. Donald Trump is more inclined to tell the truth whether it is the right thing or not but certainly it seems that there are a lot of voters who want to hear that message. So that is very disturbing to say the least.

Press TV: And I am sure you remember that Senate torture report last year found widespread torture did take place by the US, yet no one was ever held accountable and the White House just kind of brushed it under the carpet. Why does the US think that it is acceptable to demand human rights protection everywhere in the world except on its own watch?

Kelley: Well the first thing that is most important to consider at the get-go especially when you listen to Donald Trump talk is that he makes reference to ISIS (Daesh) and of course he makes reference to 9/11 too which of course is the predecessor of all this activity. We know 9/11 was a false flag inside job completely fabricated operation to get us into this big war and we know that ISIS is a completely fabricated creation of the CIA and his powers to keep perpetual war.

So when they talk about the need to torture people to gain information to stop another 9/11 or to fight against ISIS, they are talking about fighting against our own people and their own people. So it is just ridiculous … to say the least.


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