Waterboarding Christopher Hitchens
When Christopher Hitchens agreed to be waterboarded, he might have thought he'd last longer than 17 seconds, but, as the columnist put it, "everything completely goes on you when you're breathing water."When Christopher Hitchens agreed to be waterboarded, he might have thought he’d last longer than 17 seconds, but, as the columnist put it, “everything completely goes on you when you’re breathing water.”
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