WaterBoarding Image - painted by Vann Nath, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge Cambodian reign of terror. Khmer Rouge did not waste their time with "lightweight torture". They were some of the meanest cruelest people to ever gain control of a country. This torture was primarily meant to force quick confessions to trumped up charges -NOT FOR INFORMATION. This is not "simulated drowning" the water pouring into the victims lungs is REAL WATER. The experience of unconciousness and death is REAL.