So now Durbin has offered a real apology: WASHINGTON — Under fire from Republicans and some fellow Democrats, Sen. Dick Durbin apologized Tuesday for comparing American interrogators at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp to Nazis and other historically infamous figures. “Some may believe that my remarks crossed the line,” the Illinois Democrat said. “To them …
More from the left: “nothing objectionable” about comparing U.S. servicemen to Nazis
Kevin Drum at the Washington Monthly blog quotes Matthew Yglesias at the TAPPED blog, who says, “…Durbin said nothing objectionable…” So there you have it folks, the divide is clear. There’s not any grey area in a statement like Durbin made. Some of us think it is detestable moral idiocy to compare Americans to Nazis, …
More “U.S. is evil regime” from the left
Kevin Drum at Washington Monthly asks: Conservative apologists clearly believe it’s out of bounds to fill in this blank with Nazi Germany, Stalinist Russia, or Pol Pot. Fine. I’m not really as offended by Nazi comparisons as some people are, but OK. No Nazis. So my question is this: what is the right historical analogy? …
Hanoi Durbin update: Dick offers non-apology
Senator Durbin has offered a non-apology for his comments comparing the facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Nazi death camps, Soviet gulags, and Pol Pot’s killing fields: Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Friday that he regretted any misunderstandings caused by his comments earlier this week comparing American interrogators at Guantanamo Bay to Nazis. The White …
Dean: Don’t talk about Jews like we talk about Christians
DNC Chairman Howard Dean has condemned the lunatic anti-Semitic rantings from some in his party we noted yesterday: Dean Condemns ‘Anti-Semitic Literature’ The Associated Press Friday, June 17, 2005; 10:02 PM WASHINGTON — A handful of people at Democratic National Headquarters distributed material critical of Israel during a public forum questioning the Bush administration’s Iraq …
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House Dems: “Bush, Iraq, 9-11, The Jews, Oh My!”
Just in case you thought the moonbattery afflicting the Democrats was confined to the Senate and Howard Dean, we pass along this post from Kathryn Jean Lopez at NRO’s The Corner: Don’t let a busy Friday make you skip over Dana Milbank today. The problem isn’t Milbank this time, it’s his subject, the Dems–he can’t …
Durbin calls U.S troops the N word – the video and more reaction
Trey Jackson has the video of Durbin using the N-word (and the S word, and the P word) to describe the U.S. military. Michelle Malkin has a good roundup of reactions to Hanoi Dick’s comments, and his continued refusal to retract his slander. Update: Malkin with a roundup of MSM reaction here. The Mudville Gazette …
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White House Responds to Durbin
White House press secretary Scott McClellan responded today to Senator Dick Durbin’s slanderous remarks about the U.S. military: The White House said a senator’s comparison of American interrogators at Guantanamo Bay to Nazis, Soviet gulags and Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot was reprehensible and a disservice to those serving in the military. White House press …
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NY Times Bob Herbert: Military recruiters dishonest, hounding, Boy Scout stalkers
NY Times columnist Bob Herbert writes about Army recruitment in his June 16th piece, “Uncle Sam Really Wants You” Opponents of the liberation of Iraq seem to be throwing up the military’s recruiting difficulties in a “See? Nobody wants to fight in Bush’s illegal, immoral, nazi-like, yada yada yada, war!” sort of way quite a …
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Senator Durbin: America like Nazi Germany
Laura Ingraham had the tape on her radio show this morning: Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), speaking on the Senate floor, described our interrogation practices at Gitmo (keeping the 20th hijacker cold or hot, or playing of loud rap music) as akin to something that “happened by [sic] the Nazis, Soviets in their Gulags, or some …
Gitmo/”gulag” roundup
A few good articles on Gitmo, prisoner “abuse”, gulags, etc.: Rich Lowry – Close Gitmo? The close-Gitmo crowd says Gitmo has bad p.r. “It’s become an icon for bad stories,” says [Senator Mel] Martinez. Of course it has – because people lie about it. Amnesty International calls it a “gulag.” The foreign press makes up …
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Surprise! al Reuters omits facts, editorializes in news item
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Check out this Reuters report (via Yahoo News) Afghan clerics seek U.S. apologies for Koran abuse The main body of Afghan Muslim clerics called on the United States on Tuesday to apologize and punish those responsible for abusing the Koran at its Guantanamo Bay prison, an issue that sparked bloody riots in Afghanistan. The U.S. …
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