How is it possible for waterboarding to work when your lungs regularly displace liters of air when breathing?

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Lungs are designed to displace air, not water.  That doesn’t mean they can’t get water out, but it’s much harder.  Also, when you get water in your lungs, your instinctive response is to panic, because your body thinks you are drowning (and waterboarding is basically controlled drowning).