"1. Waterboarding is terrible, we shouldn't do it, and expend all our energy into stopping it.2. Dunking a child's head in water is terrible. Those who do so should be punished, and if there are cultural forces leading to an increase in this, they should be identified and curtailed.--That being said, the reason the headline is unfair is that a suggests a link that is not supported by the facts of the case. It suggests that the abusive behavior of the father is in some way inspired by the waterboarding technique used on terror suspects. Given that what the father did was very different, that seems very unlikely.That does not mean that both waterboarding and military culture have serious negative effects, particularly on those who serve in the military. It's just that the linkage that the headline suggests is not supported by the facts of the case." - John McGuinness