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I am surprised that no one has posted about this, so I will.
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Surprised? Why, exactly? I notice the silence on these boards about the Downing Street Memo is deafening.
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I will provide links to specifics of his statements, but he compared the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo to what Nazis or Pol Pot would do.
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This is not true. Many would call it an outright lie, but as I strive to maintain respect for those with whom I disagree, I will not.
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I find this disgusting and reprehensible.
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Parrotting right wing distortions is what I call disgusting and reprehensible.
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Would I want to be treated that way? No. But it is not comparable in any way to starvation or mass executions or death marches or or whatever.
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This, folks, is how the twisting of the truth begins. Mr. Durbin did NOT say that what the US is accused of is in any way equivalent to the crimes of the Nazis, Pol Pot, etc. What he did say is that if the average citizen were to see a catalog of the crimes reported to have taken place in these prisons, they would find it hard to believe that the America they know could be responsible. He said they would be more likely to believe it was the actions of one of the criminal regimes mentioned previously.
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They are fed religiously and culturally acceptable food. They are provided religious texts and prayer matts and quiet times for prayer.
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Yep, and flashlights for anal raping, snarling guard dogs for intimidation, kicks to the torso and groin for their further edification, all the while locked up with no legal representation or hope of trial. Furthermore, if they are eventually found not guilty, they can still be sent back to prison until our president decides they can be let out.
America the beautiful, huh?
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Should not John McCain come forward and explain to him what torture is in a prison camp that deserves comparison to the worst in history?
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If a person can't read and understand the printed page, no amount of explanation will satisfy them.
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Dick Durbin is a disgusting individual.
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If that isn't misplaced anger, I don't know what is.
