Waterboard Me to Support Our Troops

I've just created a new group on facebook. It's cleverly titled Waterboard Me to Support Our Troops. It began after learning of Keith Olbermann's challenge to Sean Hannity. For every second that Hannity is waterboarded, Olbermann will pay $1,000 to charities that support our troops who have been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. It doesn't appear that Hannity has accepted the offer, but even if he doesn't I will. I believe this is a great opportunity to raise money for our troops and should this cause grow large enough I will pledge every red cent raised to the specifically named charities. I haven't picked the charities yet, but a few good ones would be the Wounded Warrior Program and David Feherty hosts IED events for soldiers who have lost limbs to IED's.

http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1878791,00.html
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/


Obviously neither of these organizations has to support waterboarding or even have a stance on it, but I would give them the money just the same, condition free.

Here's a copy of my letter to Mr. Olbermann
Mr. Olbermann,
I have read the terms in your challenge to Mr. Hannity regarding waterboarding. I am offering a counter proposal to have myself waterboarded. In full disclosure, I am a former U.S. Marine and I have been SERE training, but I was not and never have been waterboarded.. In addition to you paying $1,000 dollars to charities that directly support U.S. troops that have been wounded or killed in Iraq or Afghanistan and their families I will get sponsors to match your funds. Same conditions apply, an independent observer, it can be live or taped, and I have to confess something like Obama is not a socialist (which I believe he is and his policies reflect). Same conditions apply to the doubling of the funds, I have to admit that I was afraid for my life or that waterboarding is torture. As a counter proposal, if at the end I do not admit to waterboarding being torture or feel afraid for my life, you agree to go through SERE school and the money still goes to vetted charities.
I make this offer in all seriousness. I am arguing to let waterboarding continue and once and for all define what torture is. Being hung from ropes and tied into positions that work against the natural motions of the body in such a way that causes long term physical disability is torture. The use of blowtorches, hot metal, electrical current, and sharp implements to cause prolonged agony and permanent disfiguration of a person is torture. The use of violent machines to do the same is torture. The conditions that children trapped in abusive homes live with daily is torture. Simulated drowning is designed to cause emotional distress to a person as is the whole apparatus of detainment. The detainee is meant to be uncomfortable and disoriented and made to feel that their captors are in complete control. I'm not arguing that it is a pleasant or positive experience in any way. But I personally don't care about the emotional well-being of a person who has sworn his life to kill me. And if that person has information that if extracted will save U.S. lives I am all in favor of letting him think he's going to drown. In a controlled condition and under professional supervision the detainee's life is not actually at risk. Waterboarding effective in gathering useful intelligence that prevents another 9-11 type attack or any attack on U.S. citizens for that matter. Let's let the public decide what waterboarding is and if it is worth it. I look forward to hearing from you and your team.
Sincerely,
Adam Guevara
USMC



**Other than serving proudly for 5 years with the United States Marine Corps I am not affilitated with the USMC. The views expressed here are mine and have not been reviewd or authorized by the USMC.**

And here's the link to the Olbermann Challenge
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/4/24/724023/-Hannity:-My-Money-Where-Your-Mouth-Is-(Update)

Anyone coming across this blog, feel free to voice your support. I want to turn this into a huge movement and raise money for our troops. It won't take everybody getting waterboarded, just people pledging their support.