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`Nazi' comment disgraceful By Boston Herald editorial staff Friday, June 17, 2005 The second highest ranking Democrat in the Senate has compared American servicemen and women to Nazis on the floor of that body. Has political debate sunk so low that a comment that hideous can be made by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) without repercussions? Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) lost his leadership position for the lesser if still odious offense of praising Strom Thurmond's presidential campaign which had taken place decades earlier. ``If I read this ... and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what...

VFW Asks Senator Durbin To Apologize For Guantanamo Bay Comments Created: 6/16/2005 6:10:55 PM Updated: 6/16/2005 6:11:56 PM WASHINGTON (AP) -- The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars says Senator Dick Durbin's comparison of American interrogators at Guantanamo Bay to Nazis and Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot angers the group of 2.4-million veterans. John Furgess said today that Durbin was out of line and he demanded an apology. Earlier today, the White House said the Illinois Democrat's comments were a disservice to those serving in the military. Durbin made the comparison on the Senate floor Tuesday after reading...

ADL to Senator Durbin: Inappropriate Comparison to Nazi Tactics Unacceptable New York, NY, June 16, 2005 ... The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called on Senator Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) to repudiate his remarks and apologize to the American people for distorting an important issue, with an inappropriate comparison to Nazi tactics.  In a speech on the Senate floor on June 14th on the situation at Guantanamo Bay he likened American treatment of prisoners to what "must have been done by Nazis... that had no concern for human beings."Following is the text of the letter: Dear Senator Durbin:   We write...