Sen. Dick Durbin partially apologized for remarks he made about our concentration camp in Guantanamo Bay, according to the Chicago Tribune, (printed in The Wichita Eagle, June 18, 2005). Durbin is a Democrat from Illinois. He compared “Gitmo” to camps by the Nazis, Soviets and Pol Pot.
Of course our president was outraged, along with the usual media pundit godheads, such as Rush Limbaugh. We all know how risky it is to offend such great godheads, in the media and government.
Ironically the use of torture was carefully documented in Time magazine, “Exclusive, Detainee 063 Inside The Wire At Gitmo,” June 20, 2005. This article not only demonstrated the inhuman treatment of these prisoners, but it also made it clear there are innocent people there who know nothing of importance.
So what was there to apologize for? We have dehumanized a group of people based on the fact that they come from another country, are another race and have a culture that seems foreign to us. This is the same perception the Germans had of the Jews during World War II. Dehumanizing people is easy to rationalize. One important element is to have god-like figures that can intimidate those who would dare criticize the state. The Nazis had their own godheads. To go against their logic was indeed a risk. Today it is a political risk for a senator to dare question the president and supreme leader of the United States of Amerikkka, even if the criticism is correct.
An open letter to Sen. Dick Durbin;
"Where is your backbone sir? Is there a Democrat in our congress today that has one?"
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