In a nutshell, for those who dislike reading or thinking - Durbin's meaning is simply this - if one had listed the abuses found at Gitmo and in the war on terror and then venture a guess what country was behind such abuses, the person would surely think it was some other repressive regime. And as I ADMITTED he could have chosen his words more carefull. HOWEVER, take off the blinders you head in the sand right winger
However Eric think of the repercussions? Voters can vote him out but if I was on the battlefield in Iraq and
came back and ran into Mr. I Could Have Selected Better Words we would have a few things to discuss. There are responsible ways to handle this and this was not one of them. The acts committed at Gitmo were not in any shape or form like Nazi Germany (1941-44) or a Russian Gulags(1920-30’s) in fact it would be my pleasure to put Durbin in a time capsule send him back. He might get a first hand appreciation of just what the differences are

 - American abuse and torture in the war on terrorism is inexcusable. Chem lights being stuck in rectums, allowing the rape of young boys to go unchecked, wiping menstrual blood on faces, beatings, and yes, even murder, is indefensible.  However, those on the right seem to be fine with, while I am not.
No one on the right thinks those things are all right. You are painting with a broad stroke here. But your
point seems to be if the U.S. fights a PC(Politically Correct) war then all would be ok  and I can guarantee

you one thing.If the U.S. fought a perfect war playing by every rule that the PC Police prescribe we would still have distortions from outside and unfortunately inside from people like yourself.

(One thing that really amazes me is how many people have been lulled into disbelief of how great Gitmo is after seeing the GOVERNMENTAL released video clips of these prisoners praying and walking around. That in and of itself should be a huge red flag - think about the manipulation there - Gitmo gets some negative press, so let's release ONLY positive video clips). I'd also suggest for those intrested to go back and read articles written by Seymour Hersh - a real journlist. He has documented many, many acts of abuse and has pointed out that the same who brought us Gitmo are those same ones who brought us Abu Ghraib.
Yada, Yada Yada…you are truly the enemy within

Now, Pat and Dale, I suggest you two pull your heads out of your own asses and ask yourself this - forget all the philisophical debate over America and what it stands for, since obviously that debate means absolutely nothing to you two - but think of the future for our soliders and how all this shit impacts upon them as prisoners of war. How the fuck do we expect them to be treated with dignity and respect if captured, when we ourselves refuse to do the same thing?
See above on the PC War. You are delusional if you think if we fight fair they will also.  We (The US) are the only  ones here I see with any kind of standard