Yes, you have read that right folks, Sean Hannity will be tortured. Specifically, he will be water boarded. And it will be for charity. And yes I am serious. At least if you believe what Mr. Hannity said on his very program this past week. A link to those comments can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNTXhdRuwc&feature=related
As you will see, should you click on the link, Mr. Hannity was engaged in a conversation with his guest for the night, Charles Grodin. And yes that old man in the video is the same Charles Grodin that was of the Beethoven films or of many other 80’s comedies. Anyway, off point. Mr. Grodin asked Hannity if he considers the act of water boarding to be torture, or something to that effect. To which Hannity stated no, he does not think it is. And this is where things get interesting, as you have seen. Mr. Grodin then asks Hannity if he would be willing to be water boarded. Hannity then goes on to say that he would be willing to do just that and in addition he would do so in an attempt to raise money for the families of US servicemen and women.
Hello crazy train, you have a new passenger! His name is Sean.
Now of course it goes without saying that Keith Olbermann, the most left wing news personality on television caught wind of Mr. Hannity’s offer and ran with it on his show Countdown. I do like Keith Olbermann for the record, but he has always been firmly standing to the left politically and unabashedly so. But anyway, you may find Mr. Olbermann’s offer on this subject to Sean Hannity here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sm8Os3mXv8
I feel the need to take Mr. Olbermanns’s offer to Hannity one step further. I would like to enlist the help of those who are reading this in raising money for the families of the US servicemen and women. I would like to formally announce The Sean Hannity tortured for charity event. This event will take place two weeks from today at an undisclosed location just outside the jurisdiction of the United States. Mr. Hannity will be water boarded by one of the same interrogators who committed this procedure again and again on detainees at Gitmo. Mr. Hannity will be given a piece of information unknown to the interrogators. The longer Mr Hannity lasts without giving up this piece of information, the more money he will raise for the familes of the troops. The event will be broadcast on all major networks and news stations. It will be great, heart-warming, family programming. So get some popcorn ready, your drinks in hand, and your checkbooks open because Mr Hannity is going to give you a hell of a show!
Coming back to reality, Mr. Hannity is an insensitive, moronic, and obtuse human being. First, water boarding is torture. I think our friend Sean should take some time to brush up on something called Aricle 3 of the Geneva Convention. You see we, the United States, agreed that the International Red Cross would be the deciding body in determining when torture has taken place and by extension violations of the Geneva Convention. Well I have news for Mr. Hannity, the International Red Cross (after visiting Gitmo) determined that many of the interrogation techniques used, including water boarding, were torture and in clear violation of the Geneva Convention. So the governing body we agreed would determine if torture was taking place determined that we were engaged in torture. Let me definitively lay this to rest for any of you out there that are clinging to the idea that water boarding is not torture. It is, without any doubt, torture. Water boarding is torture.
This is not a joke Mr. Hannity. I am sure the families of the service men and women do not find the act of the United States committing torture to be very funny. Nor do they find the increased risk their loved ones are in to be tortured themselves by Al Queda or the insurgents due to our immoral actions at home to be hilarious either. This is no laughing matter Mr. Hannity. Our CIA interrogators, their superiors, military personnel, the Pentagon, Rumsfeld, Cheney, and even most likely former President Bush all willfully broke international law, they violated the Geneva Convention. They tortured.
Have you considered Mr. Hannity that besides the known Al Qaeda operatives, we may have tortured men who were completely innocent. Men who had no ties to Al Qaeda. Normal men, good men who have done nothing wrong except be Muslim, or look or act in a certain way. I am certain as time passes here that we will see written confirmation that innocent men were not only detained but also tortured at Gitmo and abroad. These men knew nothing, did nothing illegal or illicit, and were tortured anyway.
So Mr. Hannity why don’t you step right up and be water boarded. Perhaps we will give you the most accurate experience possible and water board you 83 times, like we did Abu Zubaydah, or if we really want to kick it up a notch- 183 times, like we did Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. I believe if someone says something as stupid as you did, they should have to follow through on it or be punished for it.
So mark your calendars, program your DVR’s, and clear your schedules- Sean Hannity of Fox News is going to show all us intelligent, compassionate, moral, Americans how mistaken we are.
For those who would like to honestly help the families of US Servicemen and women, you will find several links to accomplish that below:
http://www3.ausa.org/webpub/DeptFamilyPrograms.nsf/byid/KCAT-6DCK7U
http://www.opgratitude.com/
http://www.cfsrf.org/
Please, seriously, do give if you are able. These families and soldiers do need your help. They certainly are not going to get Mr. Hannity’s.
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