Typical Red Star

Media, Federal OK, I have not taken a shot at the Red Star in a long time, mostly because there are other people who have it well covered (see KAR, Anti-Strib and Star Tribune Bias). The guys at KAR must be sleeping in today because they have not commented on this editorial garbage. Here is an excerpt:

His remarks were condemned by the White House, the Pentagon, the Christian Coalition, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Newt Gingrich (who called for his censure by the Senate) and by the entire right side of the talk radio/television/blog world. The heat got so bad that, late in the week, Durbin apologized if his remarks had been "misunderstood." They weren't, and Durbin should not have apologized.

First, it really was not an apology. He really just said that he was "sorry" that we, those who are blasting Durbin, are so offended by what he said. So instead of an apology he really was just being condecending basically saying he is sorry we are too stupid to understand his point. The comparison is just ludicrous! Were their problems at Abu Ghraib, yes, at Gitmo, maybe, but they do not even compare to the gulags, etc. Another point that is lost is that many of the events at Gitmo happened 2-3 years ago and have since been addressed, especially after the Abu Ghraib abuse.