Yesterday, in pointing out that the US has already tortured an innocent man, I noted that the US people either do not know or do not care that this has happened. A reader responded by pointing me at yesterday's CNN poll, the results of which speak for themselves:
Are there circumstances in which waterboarding of prisoners is acceptable?It's not just the Bush Adminstration - it's the American people. So much for the US's claim to be part of the civilised world.Yes: 55% 52,690
No: 44% 42,219
(Oh, and just in case anyone wants to argue ignorance, this was apparently run alongside a poll asking "Do you consider waterboarding to be torture?". 80% of respondents answered "yes").
