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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 08:51 PM
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BEST argument yet against Gitmo, Nazi comparison by Holocaust survivor
The letter to the Editor below is fantastic to use against Gitmo.



EDITORIAL DESK
The Horror, Revisited

Published: May 17, 2004, Monday



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To the Editor:

It was with dismay and horror that I viewed the photo of a cowering Iraqi prisoner menaced by vicious military guard dogs at Abu Ghraib prison (front page, May 10).

As an Austrian Jew imprisoned in Dachau and Buchenwald in 1938 and 1939, I was an eyewitness to similar inhumane behavior by sadistic Nazi SS guards.

OTTO PERL
Teaneck, N.J., May 12, 2004

Published: 05 - 17 - 2004 , Late Edition - Final , Section A , Column 4 , Page 20


http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0CE5DC143FF934A25756C0A9629C8B63
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AX10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 08:53 PM
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1. Durbin's the MAN!
We now have a VICTIM of the Nazis who can testify on the side of the truth!

:kick:

Shutdown GITMO!
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kittenpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 08:56 PM
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2. that man should not have to witness this once in his life,
let alone twice
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longship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 08:58 PM
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3. Clip it out and mail it to Dick Durbin.
Then send copies also to Sens. McConnell and Warner along with the words, "At long last, have you no shame."
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AX10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 09:01 PM
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4. What did Warner say?
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longship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 09:44 PM
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7. He took the Republican stand.
But was less strident than McConnell.

Durbin had some tough moments there. McConnell and Warner were attempting to take him to the woodshed, mostly McConnell.
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AX10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 10:55 AM
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9. That settles it. Warner is no moderate but a puppet of...
the right wing.

:argh:
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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 09:28 PM
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5. Indeed
n/t
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LightningFlash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 09:29 PM
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6. Senator Durbin is just reporting what everyone else here....
Wasn't afraid to do and report in the press on what's really happening.
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NJCher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 10:52 PM
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8. congratulations on getting your letter published
steve2470. It's not easy getting a letter published there.

Hi from W.Orange :hi:


Cher
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 12:03 PM
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10. Kick
:kick:
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 01:47 PM
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11. Y'all should hear my neighbors.
They survived the Third Reich and were, *until recently,* STAUNCHLY pro-American...
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 01:50 PM
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12. I am a daughter of the holocaust
I am pro american... not pro bush... we need to fight them at every step of the way... and they need to get their kids on board
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