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...

¶ - nitish @ 11:25 PM