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And by the way, actually somebody did tell Lara Logan to go there. CBS News told her to go there and get the story.
It doesn’t matter if you’re right.
You can NEVER win with this argument.
Schussel just picked a losing battle.
Victim focus is usually a leftist charge against the right. How convenient!
Schlussel always did give me the creeps.
Sorry, but Schlossel has long since gone ‘round the bend.
Her idea of ‘that’ll teacher her’ is just sick.
Lara is now a liberal who has been mugged by reality. She never should have gone/ been allowed to go, to a mob scene. She was naive to expect to be protected because, what?, she is a Western journalist. It is terrible what happened to her, but not unexpected and totally within the rights/ rules of Islam.
I never blame the rape victim, it’s the criminal who did the assault who is in the wrong.
That said, I think the US networks were wrong to use their hate of American values and the liberal agenda to picture the anti-Mubarak protesters as “freedom fighters.” Most of the protests were economic over lack of jobs and food prices. The protesters displayed a lot of anti-Americanism and were clearly pro-radical Islamists.
CBS and the other networks even downplayed the assault on Lara Logan as it didn’t fit the party line of freedom fighters.
Sure, the Mubarak government was a military dictatorship and ruled harshly, but it did keep Egypt more prosperous than the others in the mid-east, despite lack of oil wealth. It also allowed non Islamic Egyptians some protection from attacks on them by the radical Islamists. He also kept the peace treaty with Israel.
Expect the new government to be less friendly to America and dominated by the radical Islamists. The Copts and other minority religions in Egypt will be toast. And, the Egyptian economy will go to heck as these Islamists are just like socialists and can’t run a candy stand when it comes to business.
Debbie Schlussel’s gone off the deep end the last few years.
Debbie Schussel’s blog got 789 comments so she sure got a response. I never wish rape upon reporters like Lara Logan but what do they expect from these animals. Lara and her ilk travel in a liberal bubble...The Islamic mob broke through that bubble
So Lara and her superiors bear at least some responsibility
Harry S. Truman:
“I never did give anybody hell.
I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.”
Debbie Schlussel—”I’m relevant, dammit!”
“Progressive” Americans need to regain their senses and ability to exercise judgement. It is time to accept the fact that there really are people and cultures with alien value systems.
How many times must we watch naive people place themselves and others in dangerous situations and then react with great surprise when they are injured or killed?
This isn’t a case of bad luck - it is a case of taking chances against known odds and losing the bet.
Americans once were known as smart people; hard to get the best of in business or conflict. Now we are known as foolish and gulible.
It sure is nice to see there are at least SOME men here on FR whose knuckles aren’t dragging on the ground.
Logan is lucky she didn’t get caught up in a riot in New Orleans.
I can just imagine a conversation in the executive suites of CBS:
VP1: I wish we could send Angelina to Egypt. You know, blood and guts of a revolution and a sexy chick in front reporting.
VP2: Angie's on a shoot, and she'd ask for too much.
VP1: Who of we got?
VP2: The Logan babe!
VP1: Is that the best we can do?
Logan is beautiful, married and has a family. I’m not surprised at Schlussel’s reaction.