The Durbin "Apology"

WorldNetDaily reports the so-called apology of Dick Durbin today on the Senate floor. It's not an apology. See for yourself:

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., apologized on the Senate floor today for comments he made comparing treatment of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp to the Nazi Gestapo, Soviet KGB, and Pol Pot's killers in Cambodia.

"Some may believe that my remarks crossed the line," the Senate's No. 2 Democrat said. "To them I extend my heartfelt apologies."

Durbin's voice choked and his eyes teared up as he apologized to U.S. soldiers who may have taken offense.

"They're the best. I never, ever intended any disrespect for them," he said.

On the Senate floor last Tuesday, Durbin read an e-mail message from an FBI agent describing alleged prisoner abuse. The senator said if he didn't identify the source of the information "you would most certainly believe this must have happened by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags or some mad regime ? Pol Pot or others ? that had no concern for human beings."

After the remarks drew outrage from talk radio and weblogs, Durbin initially refused to back down, charging that right-wing media misrepresented him.

He insisted he wasn't criticizing service personnel but pointing out abusive treatment of prisoners was something more likely in "repressive regimes" than the United States.

"The administration should apologize to the American people for abandoning the Geneva Conventions," Durbin said.

Sorry boys and girls, but I'm not buying it! He should resign. I'm embarrassed that the second senator in a month has cried on the senate floor showing our enemies and allies alike that we may very well have the weakest batch of senators in the history of this once great United States of America. The senate is shameful...democrats and republicans alike. The dems for habitually trashing the administration while we are at war, and the republicans (the majority party, remember?) for their cowardice and lack of leadership. Shame on all of them!

The video of Durbin's "apology" can be seen here.