The recent attacks on the president\u2019s nominee, Gina Haspel, for the top spot in the CIA due to her involvement in the use of enhanced interrogation techniques by our DOD after 9\/11 have me confused.<\/p>\n
As a member of the U.S. military, I myself had to endure many of these same techniques. For the record, I am far from the only one.<\/p>\n
This is a very controversial topic. Many senators, like former prisoner of war Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), stand in opposition to Haspel\u2019s nomination, stating that \u201cHer refusal to acknowledge torture\u2019s immorality is disqualifying.\u201d Democrats like Kamala Harris were very displeased that they could not get Gina Haspel to agree that the enhanced interrogations utilized in the past were immoral and unethical.<\/p>\n
Yet many of my fellow veterans of all branches have undergone these \u201ctorture\u201d techniques and worse in preparation to deploy into combat zones. This criticism of Haspel by both parties has me asking: If they did this to us and we don\u2019t have a problem with it, why are we so concerned about doing this to terrorists to extract vital intelligence to save lives? <\/p>\n
Yes, that is correct: many of the veterans you know as fathers, mothers, husbands, cousins, and family friends have endured waterboarding, sleep deprivation, starvation, and much, much more to prepare them for the very real possibility that we might get captured behind enemy lines. Please understand that this training is very well done and takes place in a controlled environment with all of the necessary safety measures. I will never forget my time in SERE (survival, evasion, resistance, escape) school. Although I am very thankful for the lessons I learned there and believe it is one hundred percent necessary to prepare those of us destined to operate in war zones, I will never volunteer to go back. Quite frankly, it sucked!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
AWANEd\u2019s encounters with \u201cenhanced\u201d interrogation techniques mirrored those of Eli\u2019s, with the exception being mine were in Maine\u2019s Rangeley Mountains in March. Along with SERE, I also received an Arctic Survival certificate at the end of the training. Brrrrr\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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