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To: Lane3 who wrote (121073)	6/20/2005 5:12:36 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793731

Hi Karen, I had a visceral angry reaction to Durbin's words when i first read accounts of what he said. I dont like Durbin. But when i read the statement before this brouhahah over here, I agreed with your interpetation. There is nothing wrong with being a passionate opponent of mistreatment of prisoners, if thats what you consider US govt actions to be. Durbin however is prone to hyperbole and he was hoisted by it. He should have just said that you wouldnt expect this treatment from US folks and left out the hitler and gulag references. He piled on the Amnesty International language which also was not well received. Like Dean he got carried away and he will pay a price. Mike

To: Lane3 who wrote (121073)	6/20/2005 5:14:10 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793731

then you might want to point the post out to me where you detail your stated understanding....i picked up the thread by responding to this: won't argue with you, just as I wouldn't argue with LB, that Durbin didn't say that US troops are as bad as Hitler, etc. That would not be productive. why you would suggest it being nonproductive to 'argue with' lindy over the wordage makes no sense, if in fact you have stipulated agreement with the obvious interpretation