The firendly folks at the American Family Association

[Jackpine Radical]

sent me the lovely little email I reprint here for your amusement. At the end is my reply.


--- American Family Association <[e-mail]> wrote:

> U.S. Senator Durbin Compares American Troops To
> Hitler, Stalin and
> Pol Pot
>
> Dear {Jackpine}
> Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second highest
> ranking Democrat
> in the Senate, speaking on the Senate floor
> Wednesday, compared
> American troops at Guantanamo Naval Base to Hitler,
> the Soviet gulags
> and Cambodian mass murderer Pol Pot.
> http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44804
>

Dear Friends of Jesus:
You wouldn't believe how thrilled I am that Senator Durbin has had the courage to accurately label the Bush Administration (not the troops--he wasn't talking about the troops, as you falsely accuse him of having done in your self-righteous, sanctimonious, wingnut Lying-for-Jesus way). This is not Hitler 1944, it's Hitler 1938, 5 years into the regime and nobody sent to the death camps yet.
> Hitler murdered two million Christians and six
> million Jews. Nearly
> two million prisoners died in the Soviet gulags.
> And Pol Pot
> slaughtered as many as ten million in Cambodia.
>
> Durbin compared the American troops to Hitler,
> Stalin and Pol Pot
> because of alleged mistreatment of prisoners held at
> Guantanamo. What
> earned these American troops the disparaging remarks
> by Senator
> Durbin? He said that some prisoners’ air
> conditioners were turned
> down too low, some had their air conditioners turned
> off making the
> room hot, and loud rap music was played in a room
> where there were
> prisoners.
>
> That a U.S. Senator would compare American military
> men and women to
> Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pott is beyond belief. Does
> he not remember
> 9/11?
>
> When asked to apologize, he refused. He said it is
> the military that
> should apologize for how they were treating the
> prisoners of war.
>
> TAKE ACTION
>
> Send Senator Durbin an email reminding him that our
> soldiers are there
> to serve their country by guarding the prisoners of
> war, and that they
> do a pretty good job.
>
> Click Here To Send Your Letter Now!
> http://www.afa.net/Petitions/TakeAction.asp?id=133
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Don
>
> Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman
> American Family Association
>
> Show your support of our troops by forwarding this
> to your friends and family.

[kcass1954]

1. Thought I'd have a little fun...

I went to the petition site, and deleted the pre-inserted message and wrote the following to the fine Senator.



Dear Senator Durbin,

Thank you so much for your honesty in the Senate on Wednesday. If more of our leaders would begin to speak the truth, maybe we could wake up the folks in this country who are being led astray by the extreme religious right.

I, too, am deeply concerned with the way our prisoners are being treated, not just in Guantanamo but also in Iraq. Regardless of what this mis-administration calls them, these people are PRISONERS OF WAR and are entitled to all rights and protections due them under the Geneva Convention. There is a certain level of respect that is due to all people, and torture is NEVER acceptable behavior.

I respect the job that our military is trying to do. What I do not and cannot respect is the attitude that these POW's are not to be treated in a civil manner. This attitude does not originate with our fine soldiers but rather up the chain of command, all the way up to the President.

Keep up the good work!

[emdee]

2. Thanks for the idea! I did the same. n/t

n/t

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Thanks tro both of you.

[NewJeffCT]

7. I've called them the "radical clerics of the religious right"

I've even gotten it into 3 LTTEs...

[peacebaby3]

4. All of us should use their form to thank Sen. Durbin!

Let's keep this kicked!

[immoderate]

5. Someone should tell Wildmon...

that we knocked off 3.5 million Vietnamese for no reason that I'm aware of.

--IMM

[peacebaby3]

6. Kick - n/t

[EFerrari]

8. "Dear Friends of Jesus"

LOL! I wonder what he would say about that claim.

:)