Had Durbin said, "Why, these atrocities are so terrible you would almost believe it was an account of the activities of my distinguished colleague Robert C. Byrd's fellow Klansmen," that would have been a little closer to the ballpark but still way out. - Mark Steyn

Do you think any of our enemies read Al-Jazeera? US senator stands by Nazi remark. My only hope is that the Arab world pays as little attention to our politicians as we pay to theirs. I don't think that's the case though.