Dick Durbin

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Originally Posted by Scrooge McSam

And as an aside, may I just say how offensive it is to me and many more like me to see the memory of 9/11 whored as it is in this document to support our illegal actions in Iraq.

Now, some might say calling our our actions in Iraq illegal is a lie, but I won't out of respect for those with whom I disagree.

Very simple, and I've stated it over and over - an invasion of Iraq was completed justified and completely legal the first time Iraq violated the cease fire from Gulf War I.

On one other note, I'm with you on the torture. The Abu Ghraib stuff - prosecute those responsible. But what Durbin described is certainly not torture, and certainly nothing even close to comparable of the Nazis, Soviet gulags, or Pol Pot.