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Dad Waterboards His Four-Year-Old Daughter For Not Knowing Her ABCs
Talk about a punishment NOT fitting the crime. U.S Army soldier Joshua Tabor, 27, admitted to submerging his little girl’s face under water because she couldn’t recite the alphabet. That’s right — the little 4 year old was subjected to CIA torture methods (so egregious they’ve been banned by the Obama administration!) because she failed to live up to her dad’s academic expectations. We’ve all had our moments of frustration with our kids — and many parents cross the line. But waterboarding?
What makes this even worse is the fact that Tabor was recently awarded custody of his daughter and that he chose waterboarding because he knew his daughter had an overwhelming fear of water. The former would suggest that a judge felt Tabor was deserving of paternal responsibility; the latter would prove that he’s either suffering from severe post-traumatic-stress syndrome or he’s a ruthless sadist. We don’t want to rush to judgement (tempting as it maybe) so we’ll reserve further comment until the story unfolds and more will be revealed.
Needless to say, Tabor has been charged with assault and ordered to stay on his base without contact with his daughter or his girlfriend. His daughter – clearly with a long road of therapy ahead of her – has been whisked off to safety, but sources say she’s not with her natural mother who lives in Kansas.
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Carrie M. commented on Feb 08 10 at 6:34 pmGood Lord.I just hope there is some other family memeber that can care for her.
Mistress_Scorpio commented on Feb 09 10 at 8:14 amHoly crap. Well you have so many people defending waterboarding as an “enhanced interrogation technique” rather than torture (which it is), no surprise that it has filtered down to some addled minds as an appropriate disciplinary technique for children. That poor girl.
Lee commented on Feb 09 10 at 2:59 pmThe police found out about the four year old being abused when they responded to a neighbors 911 call about an agitated drunk man (Mr. Tabor) roaming the neighborhood. PTSD and/or alcoholism are possibilities but there is a whole lot more to this story than this post states.
Trey commented on Feb 09 10 at 10:07 pmHow absolutely horrible. Just ugh.
Milton commented on Feb 13 10 at 1:28 pmI guess we can ask, did the military let this “mental deficient” into their ranks or did they make this normal guy in this “mental deficient”. Even Ronald Reagan said that water boarding was torture, but I guess Cheney and his gay daughter are the brain trust on this lie that has been perpetuated onto the American people and signed off by the GOP.
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