Of course you were. Because you don't want to deal with the thousands of other cases. Obviously anything done to our own people are the most mild as we dont want to permanently harm them. Yet even the mild version where the person knows they are not in danger, they still have serve reactions to it and break down.

As for the terrorists leaders, how do I know if they have psychological issues? If they cry themselves to sleep every night, and piss their pants whenever they go near water, how on earth would I know? You think they would actually reveal that?

Though even if you think water boarding is a mild inconvenience despite the fact that everyone who has gone through and nearly all government organizes in the world consider it torture, why would you use it? Why use a 500 year old torture technique when the modern methods of interrogation are far superior?