Photo of "torture" as Example of Stess Positions is Fake

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Photo of "torture" as Example of Stess Positions is Fake

May 11th, 2009 | Comments Off

Andrew Sullivan in His article “Karl Rove’s Definition Of “Torture” uses a photo of a man between two litters as an example of torture. Well Andrew Sullivan didn’t due proper research. The photo is really an example of how a hostile combative military member is restrained in a situation where psychiatric drugs or a 4 point restraints are not readily available to a medic or Behavioral Science Specialist. This is not an example of torture at all. If it were, then this in an example of something being called torture that are often utilized by the U.S. Military on its own people. Chemical CS gas is used in training as well on US Soldiers. Many elite soldiers have been water boarded. The bottom line here is that while at the White House Corespondents Dinner comedian Sykes wish that Rush Limbaugh would die an Awful death but God forbid we use low level interrogation to gather vital information that would possibly save thousands of lives.

It is worth remembering given the current state of the debate. Karl Rove has been aggressively arguing that nothing that the Bush administration did could be construed as torture, not even the Khmer Rouge technique of water-boarding, let alone the long-term sleep deprivation, stress positions, hypothermia, forced nudity, hooding, dietary manipulation, sensory deprivation and all the other “EIT”s his president authorized.

Here is the Double Litter Method as described in Military Manuals

*Field Restraining Device–the Double Litter.

*Follow these steps to use the double litter with litter straps as restraints:

(1) Place the patient on the litter in the prone position with his head turned to one side to help prevent aspiration pneumonia.

(2) Put each of the patient’s hands along his thigh and secure each hand to the litter.

(3) Place the other litter, the carrying side down, on top of the patient.

(4) Bind the litters together with two or more litter straps.

(5) Record and report the action taken on DA form SF 600. Include the date and time the restraints were applied, the type of restraints applied, and the patient’s tolerance of the procedure.