Tim Kennedy, Former UFC Fighter And Green Beret, Waterboards Himself In Support Of Gina Haspel's Nomination For CIA Director
NY Post- Green Beret and former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy waterboarded himself on Saturday to help prove that the controversial interrogation technique is not torture amid debate on Capitol Hill about President Trump’s pick to lead the CIA.
Kennedy said that waterboarding is not torture, just an uncomfortable experience.
“If I can change one person’s mind about what torture is and what I would do to protect American freedom, I will do this for years.”
“We did this yesterday for almost 45 minutes. The average pour was anywhere from 10 to 60. They wouldn’t tell me when they were going to put the towel on. They would just smash it on my face and start pouring. You can’t hold your breath while they do it because the water runs down your sinuses,” Kennedy wrote. “The water runs through your eyes, down your nose and pools at the back of your throat. It was a baptism in freedom. It’s not torture! Hell, we had elk tacos and wine afterwards. Wake up people.”
Chiming in 10 hours after Chaps…
When a green beret and former UFC fighter tells me waterboarding isn’t torture, it means absolutely nothing to me. If you want me to be convinced that waterboarding isn’t torture, that demonstration needs to be carried out by a guy who works at Yankee Candle. Someone who wears a fanny pack when he travels and has MANY pairs of those socks with the gold toes. If THIS GUY:
… waterboarded himself and called it a “baptism in freedom,” I might buy it.
But a Green Beret/UFC fighter has no frame of reference for misery. This is a dude who probably spent time in some of the worst places on earth, eating roots and dirt with bullets whizzing by, wiping with poison ivy leaves and killing bad guys with his bare hands. Then, for a nice change of pace, he decided to eat punches in the octagon for 15 years. In 24 fights (18-6), he never once lost via submission, which means that he can’t be choked out. If you can’t be choked out… don’t tell me you don’t mind drowning! That’s like some chick with no gag reflex saying she can’t understand how chicks WITH gag reflexes can’t deepthroat. “I don’t get it! Just relax your throat and CRAM IT DOWN THE CHIMNEY. WORRY ABOUT YOUR MASCARA LATER.”
That video is laugh out loud funny, by the way. His cronies are talking about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory while they drown their friend. He honestly does make it look quite pleasant. “Oh, a hot summer day? Here, let’s drown your sinuses with a garden hose while we discuss our favorite Roald Dahl novels-turned-films. Afterwards, we have elk tacos from that time we lassoed that herd down in the prairie on the backs of our stallions. Remember how Tim ate an entire elk raw before we came back? Didn’t even skin it! Says he likes the fur for added texture!! Haha what a goose. Anyway, I found Johnny Depp’s Wonka too whimsical as compared to Gene Wilder’s more grounded portrayal.”
If you’ve ever gone for a sip at a water fountain, and you’re not aware of the pressure, and you bend over and blast it up your nose, you know it’s torture. Torture! Yet somehow, Tim Kennedy calls it a baptism in freedom. Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.