Sunday, June 5, 2005

when's a gulag not a gulag

the washington post's dana milbank has some bad timing...
the same day he attempts to depict the bush administration as hypocritical--or at least politically opportunistic--with regards to amnesty international, the head of the AI usa backed off the ridiculous 'gulag' comments:
Asked about the comparison, Schulz said, "Clearly this is not an exact or a literal analogy."
there certainly isn't much of an analogy as demonstrated by several online resources. here are some 'highlights' from those resources:
forced labor camps... 400 in Central and Eastern Europe... anti-civilization... imprisoned millions...

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