He didn’t do or say anything wrong. He only said what we hear and know to be true. Many of us have said worse about Gitmo and Bushco.
I wish he didn’t feel he had to apologize.
Sen. Durbin apologizes for Guantanamo remarks
Senator Durbin is a great Democrat. I just wish he had the guts to stand behind his truthful words.
WASHINGTON – Attempting to stem growing criticism, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said yesterday that he regretted any misunderstandings caused by his comments that compared some U.S. actions at Guantanamo Bay to those committed by the Nazis or Cambodia’s Pol Pot.
“I have learned from my statement that historical parallels can be misused and misunderstood. I sincerely regret if what I said caused anyone to misunderstand my true feelings: Our soldiers around the world and their families at home deserve our respect, admiration and total support,” Durbin said in a statement issued by his office yesterday.
One of us should have been on the floor of the senate as Durbin’s talk was MILD compared to what I or others might have said.
“If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags or some mad regime – Pol Pot or others – that had no concern for human beings.”
The pressure must be unbeliveable or why else would he apologize? We need to send Durbin some mojo support.