I have allows felt Bush will become more aggressive in his second term since his political success is going to be based on his drive to get things done and not so much on elections. The first hint this was happening was earlier this week when he blasted the democrats for being the party of ‘no’.

Today the White House is standing up for our military men and women, and those who have sacrificed to turn the tide of despotism and terror in the ME. Drudge has a link to a UK article, in of all places The Gaurdian, covering comments made by the White House in response to Dysmal Dick’s outragous statements:

The White House said a senator’s comparison of American interrogators at Guantanamo Bay to Nazis, Soviet gulags and Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot was reprehensible and a disservice to those serving in the military.

White House press secretary Scott McClellan said it is “beyond belief” that Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin would compare treatment of dangerous enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay to the death of millions of innocent people by oppressive regimes.

“Our men and women in uniform go out of their way to treat detainees humanely, and they go out of their way to uphold the values and the laws that we hold so dear in this country,” McClellan said.

This is not some simply political rhetoric. It is a callous act by an opportunistic pol trying to make cheap and easy headlines and line his party’s coffers with money from people who have no clue what sacrificing for freedom means.