New father Josh Marshall introduces a recollection by an 80s era vet on survival school training and what he learned about waterboarding and the Geneva Convention.
[O]ur involvement in Vietnam remains a sobering testament to the misguided conflating of nationalism and communism. But for millions of U.S. veterans, the debate on torture stands in stark contrast to the training they received and our shared understanding of what we were fighting for and against during the Cold War.
With that long-winded introduction, here is TPM Reader BL, responding to Ed Meese’s comments in GQ:
Worth reading, and I suspect we’ll hear more on this.