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Illinois' US
Senator Dick Durbin, speaking on the floor of the United States' Senate, likened American
servicemen to Nazis. He said, "When you read some of the graphic descriptions of what
has occurred here [at Guantanamo Bay] -- I almost hesitate to put them in the
[Congressional] Record, and yet they have to be added to this debate." |
| Durbin then read into
the Congressional Record -- the permanent historical record of the nation's law-making
body -- portions of a report describing prison interrogation conditions for the most
treacherous of the War Against Terrorism prisoners and detainees. That is, the conditions
for those individuals who have been captured on battlefields, not in military uniform, not
aligned with any sovereign nation, not subject to the Geneva Conventions, while they were
attempting to kill Middle Eastern people, coalition forces, and American civilians on
American soil. |
| The free world led by
the United States is retaliating against the enemy that murdered 3,000 innocent civilians
on American soil on 9/11/2001. That enemy has sworn to commit more murders. That enemy
will murder millions more if allowed to. Yet, according to Dick Durbin, our soldiers are
Nazis. |
| Within hours al
Jazeera was quoting the Illinois senator across the Middle East and Asia. |
| Senator Durbin is up
for re-election in 2006. |
| UPDATE: One week
after his Senate speech, Durbin took the Senate floor and spoke vague words of regret,
faked some trite emotion, quoted Lincoln, but failed to apologize to the servicemen
stationed at Guantanamo Bay guarding the US from the fanatics being held there. Durbin
does not even have the fortitude to stand pat. Fortunately the servicemen do have
fortitude. |
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