Karl Rove was a guest on “Fox News Sunday” this morning where he defended the CIA’s use of “waterboarding” of suspected terrorists during interrogations and insisted the practice did not amount to “torture.” And as you might imagine, many on Twitter were quite angry at the former presidential adviser for his comments:
I found it really unsettling to see Karl Rove on a Fox News panel discussion called "Is It Torture?" earlier today. Yeah, that happened.
— Nick (@1189323A) December 14, 2014
https://twitter.com/nick_dines/status/544257437831032833
#CLTV Karl Rove,Torture Apologist: U.S. Waterboarding Isn't Torture http://t.co/mOOqLM9B6b
— Crooks and Liars (@crooksandliars) December 14, 2014
Karl Rove: CIA waterboarding not torture because victims don’t totally drown with raised legs http://t.co/PwDCvnwAuO
— Raw Story (@RawStory) December 14, 2014
Here’s the video:
#Video Were CIA's harsh methods necessary to protect the homeland?: Karl Rove and Sen. Whitehouse weigh in http://t.co/Q9QQoDm5HF
— All The News Is Now (@AllTheNewsIsNow) December 14, 2014
And here’s Vanity Fair contributing editor and senior writer Kurt Eichenwald who was particularly unhappy with what Rove had to say:
Rove says waterboarding isn't torture because it didn't drown people. Does he honestly believe that we would try to interrogate the dead?
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2014
Maybe Rove is 2 stupid 2 understand waterboarding. He claims lifting pal's legs is a sign of being careful. U HAVE 2 lift legs 4 it to work!
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2014
The more I see GOP politicians explain waterboarding, the more I have come to realize: They dont actually know what it is or how it works.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2014
But this is where it gets weird. Eichenwald then invited those who disagree with him to get waterboarded … at his house:
For those GOPrs poo-poohing waterboarding with error-ridden explanations of how it works: Come by my house. I'd be happy 2 demonstrate on u.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2014
He has a home waterboarding set? Um…
And how about this: Eichennwald seems totally cool with Pres. Obama ordering drone strikes on American citizens without a trial, calling the president’s drone strikes a “lawful act under international law”:
https://twitter.com/Eagle_Vision/status/544222264288624640/photo/1
@Eagle_Vision So, ur equating killings in war – a lawful act under international law – with torture for interrogation purposes?
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2014
Wow. We wonder if anybody ever thought of asking those on the pointy end of a Hellfire missile if they’d prefer waterboarding instead?
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