OK, I admit I don't get it. Really, this is not meant as snark.
I understand people who say that torture is sometimes needed. I am among them. I am unwilling to fully close the door on torture under certain circumstances. But I don't kid myself. Torture is bad. It lessens you as a human being. And torture hurts.
But I always thought anyone with two brain cells knew that waterboarding is torture. I always thought that those that claimed otherwise were simply posturing. Turns out I was wrong:

