I agree, Jason. The comparison between Guantanamo Bay and, at least, Nazi death camps is invalid not because there is a difference in matter of degree. Rather, the comparison is invalid because there is absolutely no relation in degree at all. The Nazis were seeking to exterminate entire populations. As far as I can tell, the US Government has yet to approach that aim in the slightest, even if their actions are, to say the least, questionable. That is why the comparison is belittling the atrocities of WWII.

Regardless of the US Government's motivations, the results of their actions are to inflict injustices upon members of a narrow segment of humanity. However, even though the actions of the US Government may appear to be (or may in fact be) directed at a specific cultural or racial group, there is no way in which one could construe those actions as genocide. Comparisons between certain current leaders who exhibit disregard for human dignity with those of the past who sought to erase a segment of humanity from existence are made all too readily these days (because of haste? convenience? ignorance?) and are offensive to all involved.