Ditch Dick

Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has uncovered the greatest scam in the history of the U.S. Senate, and it is not the interrogation techniques used at Guantanamo Bay. The story? You can literally know next to nothing and be elected to the U.S. Senate. After reading an account by an anonymous source (gosh, I love those!), Durbin compared the treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainees to that of "Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime--Pol Pot or others that had no concern for human beings." I can't help but ask, does Durbin have ulterior motives or is he just plain stupid?\nStalin, Hitler and Pol Pot executed people by the millions. These leaders persecuted their own people for political reasons — in order to keep a small elite in power. Guantanamo Bay detainees are a threat to the entire free world. Its death toll is zero. Compared to other detention centers for dangerous enemy mass murderers, Guantanamo Bay is Camp Cupcake. Yet Senator Durbin is concerned because people who level buildings and wipe out entire cities are subjected to uncomfortable temperatures and loud music. Who would have guessed that Britney Spears and the Ying Yang twins would be used as a form of torture? \nIn reality, the prison at Guantanamo Bay is rather politically correct. Detainees are given the time and supplies necessary to correctly practice their religions. They are served food that does not abuse their cultural beliefs. While our soldiers are picking at their Meals-Ready-to-Eat, Gitmo prisoners are dining on fruit crepes. According to City Journal's Heather MacDonald, prisoners' meals are not even allowed to be served cold. These guys live better at Gitmo than they ever have or ever will back home!\nIf Durbin truly does not understand the differences between starving, branding and murdering millions and the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, then he has no place in the U.S. Senate. I recommend a remedial history class. IU offers several. Although I desperately wish I could blame such unintelligent, heartless statements on pure ignorance, I can't. \nDurbin, like many of his liberal constituents, has embarked on a disinformation campaign. He is not trying to empower the people; he is trying to undermine the people in power. I'm confused. Is his job to represent the people who elected him to office or to issue propaganda? There's a term for this ... Ah, yes -- misuse of office. \nThe Senate floor is no place for the pompous display of Durbin's lack of knowledge. His inaccurate remarks are insensitive to the victims of those regimes. More importantly, they endanger the pride of our country -- the men and women in uniform. We do not need fuel for the fires of anti-American sentiment. There are ways to disagree without illogically implying that the U.S. is the new communist Cambodia. Intelligent, well-founded and historically accurate statements would be a start. I've got a better idea. \nLet's take the dumb out of the Party of the Ass and ditch Dick Durbin.