Will the lunacy ever end?? They need to be tried for sedition.

The Minneapolis Red Star Tribune has gone off the deep end in an editorial in defense of "Osama Bin" Dick Durbin:

Durbin was spot on in his assessment of Guantanamo. That's why he was so roundly attacked. He told the truth. And his message is of vital importance; the United States is better than this.(emphases added)

The issue of whether Durbin's rhetoric crossed a line is small potatoes compared with the undeniable truth that American treatment of its prisoners has crossed many, many lines -- of morality, of international law, of practical benefit.

But instead of discussing what goes on at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and other prison camps, the right would prefer to get into a senseless argument about whether "we" are better than the Nazis or Saddam Hussein or the Soviets or Pol Pot or whomever a critic of Guantanamo might raise as a comparison. It's a tactic the group running Washington now has used again and again: They're quite deliberately changing the subject -- from Guantanamo to words spoken on the Senate floor.

It's not too late, as Durbin said of Bush in his speech: The senator should stop apologizing and keep up the criticism of the hellhole America's military has created at Guantanamo. He has no reason to be defensive; he's telling the truth. It's a truth Americans need to hear, and its tellers must resist intimidation.

Gads... I can't even begin to contain my anger at this filthy rag as I type this screed. Durbin was right?!?! WHere is the evidence?? WTF--Osama bin Laden's bodyguards eat better than I do!! They eat better than the average friggen Cuban. As a result of this I have come to the undeniable conclusion that the editorial board at the Star Tribune has its collective head up its collective ass. I currently have a nephew in Iraq and a son who will no doubt be there by this winter, and I truly believe that the Strib editorial board needs to be charged with sedition:

SECTION 3. Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States, or to promote the success of its enemies, or shall willfully make or convey false reports, or false statements, . . . or incite insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall willfully obstruct . . . the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, or . . . shall willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States, or the Constitution of the United States, or the military or naval forces of the United States. . . or shall willfully display the flag of any foreign enemy, or shall willfully . . . urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of production . . . or advocate, teach, defend, or suggest the doing of any of the acts or things in this section enumerated and whoever shall by word or act support or favor the cause of any country with which the United States is at war or by word or act oppose the cause of the United States therein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both....(emphases mine)

I have called the Star Tribune editorial board to ummm... voice my displeasure. I urge all of my readers to do the same: (612) 673-4000 (ask for the editorial board office). Hat tip: Doug

****UPDATE*****

Captain Ed reports a Dick Durbin quasi-apology. Will the Strib have the sense to follow suit?