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David Frum points to Chris Hitchen's Downing Street Memo (oooohh, aaaaah) "demolition". I like Hitchens when I agree with him, which is only part of the time. He's one of the few lefties who vigorously supported the overthrow of Hussein, and has broken with many over what he feels is the betrayal by the left of their principles in favour of rabit anti-americanism. On that note, Sen. Durbin has finally apologized for comparing American soldiers at Gitmo to the worst killers of the 20th century. Haven't been following the hubub? All you need is right here.

This isn't a Republican vs Democrat thing; it's about senior Democrats who are so over-invested in their hatred of a passing administration that they've signed on to the nuttiest slurs of the lunatic fringe. It would be heartening to think that Durbin will himself now be subjected to some serious torture. Not real torture, of course; I don't mean using Pol Pot techniques and playing the Celine Dion Christmas album really loud to him. But he should at least be made a little uncomfortable over what he's done -- in a time of war, make an inflammatory libel against his country's military that has no value whatsoever except to America's enemies. Shame on him, and shame on those fellow senators and Democrats who by their refusal to condemn him endorse his slander.