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Durbin's dubious apology.(LETTERS)

Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat, finally offered an apology - sort of - for his unconscionable comparison of the treatment of enemy combatants at Guantanamo with Nazi death camps, the Soviet gulag and the "Killing Fields" of Pol Pot ("Durbin finally says he's sorry," Page 1, Wednesday). Well, speaking for myself, I don't accept his "sorry."

First, he apologized for his choice of words. That's not the point. It wasn't his words that were ill-chosen; it was his idea that was brainless, insulting and (at least in the original definition of the term) treasonous. It was hate speech against his fellow Americans. It gave aid and comfort ...

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