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Trump Vows To "Strengthen" Laws To Allow Torture, Waterboarding by aolumaxi(m): 11:42am On Mar 06, 2016
Republican front-runner Donald Trump said he would "strengthen"
laws to allow for the use of torture if he were elected president.
In an interview with "Face the Nation" host John Dickerson, Trump
addressed the issue, which was raised during Thursday night's GOP
debate.
"We have an enemy in the Middle East that's chopping off heads and
drowning people in massive steel cages," Trump told Dickerson,
speaking of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. "We have an enemy
that doesn't play by the laws. You could say laws, and they're
laughing. They're laughing at us right now. I would like to strengthen
the laws so that we can better compete."

"You know, it's very tough to beat enemies that don't have any, that
don't have any restrictions, all right? We have these massive
restrictions. Now, I will always abide by the law, but I would like to
have the law expanded," Trump said.
"I happen to think that when you're fighting an enemy that chops off
heads, I happen to think that we should use something that's stronger
than we have right now. Right now, basically, waterboarding is
essentially not allowed, as I understand it. ... I would certainly like it
to be, at a minimum, at a minimum to allow that."
Trump discounted the argument that if the U.S. military used
waterboarding, captured American soldiers and hostages could be
subjected to worse treatment.
"They're doing that anyway. They're killing our soldiers when they
capture 'em. I mean, they're doing that anyway. Now, if that were the
case - in other words, we won't do it and you don't do it, but we're
not playing by those rules. What, did somebody tell ISIS, 'Look, we're
going to treat your guys well; will you please do us a favor and treat
our guys well?' They don't do that. We're not playing by - we are
playing by rules but they have no rules. It's very hard to win when
that's the case," Trump said.
When Dickerson asked if rules are what "separates us from the
savages," Trump said he didn't think so

"We have to beat the savages," he said.
Dickerson asked if that would require throwing all the rules out.
"You have to play the game the way they're playing the game," Trump
asserted. "You're not going to win if we're soft and they're, they have
no rules. Now, I want to stay within the laws, I want to do all of that,
but I think we have to increase the laws."
You can see the entire interview with Trump Sunday morning on "Face
the Nation." (Check your local listings.)
On the debate stage , Trump was asked by debate moderator and Fox
News host Brett Baier, "Experts have said that when you asked the
U.S. military to carry out some of your campaign promises,
specifically targeting terrorists' families, and also the use of
interrogation methods more extreme than waterboarding, the military
will refuse because they've been trained to turn down and refuse
illegal orders. So what would you do, as commander-in-chief, if the
U.S. military refused to carry out those orders?"
Trump shot back: "They're not going to refuse. Believe me."

Source: www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-vows-to-strengthen-laws-to-allow-torture-waterboarding-election-2016/
Re: Trump Vows To "Strengthen" Laws To Allow Torture, Waterboarding by LGDON: 1:23pm On Mar 06, 2016
Obama and his jihadist must be kicked out of that white house

Go trump
Go

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