[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13256]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATOR DURBIN'S COMMENTS

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, last week Senator Durbin compared 
American soldiers to Nazis, to the Soviets in the Gulags, and to Pol 
Pot.
  These comments were the latest in a series of leftist attacks on our 
war against the terror in the Middle East and on our hard-line approach 
to terrorism here at home.
  I want to assure my constituents that neither my party nor I believe 
America is what is wrong with this world. And no one should think for a 
minute, not even for a second, that we are in the wrong here. I have 
been to Iraq and to Afghanistan, and this political tactic sickens me.
  If one wants to criticize our policies, fine. If one wants to call 
for withdrawal, that is just fine. But characterizing the actions of 
our Armed Forces as Nazi-like is reprehensible.
  And to our Armed Forces and their wonderful families, I just want to 
say ``thank you.'' They are making a difference, and most of us are 
standing with them 100 percent of the time.

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