Please read entire Durbin speech!!!!

[blueheeler]

I was reading the other post someone put up from Newsmax about Sen. Durbin and read all the upset replies. PLEASE read the entire speech. This came from The Wall Street Journal editorial page and was only a small bit. It is actually a quite good speech!!

Looks like a dead link. It is under June 14, number 59, Renewable fuel standard, s6594
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html
snip from before
"Polls show that Muslims have positive attitudes toward the American people and our values. However, overall, favorable ratings toward the United States and its Government are very low. This is driven largely by the negative attitudes toward the policies of this administration.

Muslims respect our values, but we must convince them that our actions reflect these values. That's why the Ð9/11 Commission recommended:


We should offer an example of moral leadership in the world, committed to treat people humanely, abide by the rule of law, and be generous and caring to our neighbors.


What should we do? Imagine if the President had followed Colin Powell's advice and respected our treaty obligations. How would things have been different?

We still would have the ability to hold detainees and to interrogate them aggressively. Members of al-Qaida would not be prisoners of war. We would be able to do everything we need to do to keep our country safe. The difference is, we would not have damaged our reputation in the international community in the process.

When you read some of the graphic descriptions of what has occurred here--I almost hesitate to put them in the RECORD, and yet they have to be added to this debate. Let me read to you what one FBI agent saw. And I quote from his report: "


Here is the original editorial that contains a link to the minutes but it is not clear where the link is, it is the title!!
http://www.opinionkournal.com/best

Don't fall into the traps they set for their own brainless sheep:patriot: