Going Godwin: Arguing for action against Syria, Harry Reid invokes the Holocaust

Doug P. | 3:38 PM on September 09, 2013

On the Senate floor, Harry Reid refers to the Holocaust during defense of a US strike on Syria.

— Chris Moody (@moody) September 9, 2013

Harry Reid announced earlier that the Senate will vote Wednesday on whether to proceed to a final vote on a resolution approving a strike on Syria. Reid also “went there”:

"Millions and millions… were murdered by gas in Nazi death camps," Reid says, invoking holocaust, as he argues for action on #Syria

— Patricia Zengerle (@ReutersZengerle) September 9, 2013

Yes, Reid compared the situation in Syria to the Holocaust:

Reid sought to reverse the political momentum that has turned against a use-of-force resolution in recent days by warning that the United States would face future condemnation failing to act.

“Millions and millions of civilians and prisoners of war were murdered by gas in Nazi death camps, Treblink, Auschwitz. ‘Never again,’ swore the world. ‘Never again would we permit the use of these poisonous weapons of war,’” he said on the Senate floor.

Perhaps it was inevitable:

Reid is doing the full Godwin right now. #cspan2

— David Freddoso (@freddoso) September 9, 2013

The mixed messages that are being sent by those calling for a strike on Syria are baffling:

Reid playing Assad = Hitler card. Meanwhile, Kerry says response will be "incredibly small". Sure, ok.

— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) September 9, 2013

Tweeters tried and failed to make sense of Reid:

Harry Reid compares Syria to the Holocaust… so he's in favour of going into North Korea to destroy the concentration camps there, right?

— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) September 9, 2013