OK, I can (almost) live with that

Mark Steyn is on the right track, at least: 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. The rest of the article makes a good case for a suggestion I made to one of my seantors in an email: that "Turban" Durbin be involuntarily committed for psychiatric evaluation. (After which one could hope for multiple shock treatments at ever-increasing power levels... ) h/t Kris of Anywhere But Here. Addendum: For more perspective on just what a complete [dele] "Turban" Durbin is in equating our military personnel's actions at Gitmo with torture-and mass murder--take a gander at Cao's recent post on the rescue of tortured Iraqis by U.S. Marines. Far from simply having their air conditioning played with, these Iraqis were genuinely tortured. Cao has the story and links. Crossposted and expanded at Cathouse Chat. More: Patterico has "Turban" Durbin (Laden)'s "no regrets" interview noted here.