Sallies it is my understanding that sleep deprivation and water-boarding do no permanent physical damage to a person, albeit, it may cause long term psychological damage.  Now, it is not as if, the CIA is taking innocent individuals, off the Afghan streets, and questioning them; no these individuals were actively perusing deadly intentions, towards individuals at the Twin Towers.  Basically, I think there is a difference between extreme interrogation and torture, and there is a difference between citizens and those actively involved in nefarious intentions.      

    Arvin Obama will be criticized no matter what he does.  Instead of trying to score brownie points or gain favor, he needs to find what he calls true, and then gain help from the Senate and Congress.  For objectivity, personally, I don't believe he thinks abortion is all right or true, but seemingly, he has a need to be fawned after, so he sets his policies according to receive fawning.