Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

February 8, 2010

Joshua Tabor, a 27-year-old soldier stationed in Tacoma, Washington, was seen wandering through a neighborhood on January 31 wearing a Kevlar helmet and threatening to break windows.

After police took the intoxicated soldier into custody they went to his home and found his four-year-old daughter cowering in a closet. The child?s body was covered with bruises and abrasions. The little girl and her mother described how Tabor had punished the child for failing to recite the alphabet by subjecting her to the water torture method commonly called ?waterboarding.?

Knowing that the girl was afraid of water, Tabor allegedly held her face-up in a sink until the water covered her forehead and came up to her jawline. According to the police report, Tabor ?did not act as though he felt there was anything wrong with this form of punishment.?

Since the government that employs him considers torture ? including child torture ? a valid tactic, Tabor?s behavior is appalling but not entirely surprising.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.