Time magazine’s new cover: Woman whose nose was cut off by Taliban

Hot Air ^ | 29 JUL10 | Allahpundit

[kbennkc]

Not just her nose, though: They ordered her husband to saw off her ears too for the crime of running away from home. Time’s editor insists that “We do not run this story or show this image either in support of the U.S. war effort or in opposition to it,” but that’s nonsense, of course. The image is as stark an argument as you’re likely to see for continuing the war, which is why lefties naturally have been griping about it all day. Some offer legit complaints — instead of putting a mutilated girl on the cover to make the case for staying put, why not put a dead soldier on there to make the case for pulling out? — and some not so legit, like the idea that because this happened last year when U.S. troops were already in the field, it portends nothing about what’ll happen on a wider scale when we leave. I’m glad that Time’s trying to reintroduce the moral complications of withdrawal into the debate at a moment when the anti-war Narrative would prefer to ignore the messy aftermath, but this may be a case where “the story about the story” overshadows the actual, you know, story. Most of the bloggy links that I’ve seen today have gone to the piece at Time defending the decision to publish the photo, not the actual cover story about the catastrophic social backsliding to come once Islamist fanatics regain power (not to mention the inevitable retrenchment of Al Qaeda). Maybe a little too heavy on the distracting shock factor here?

[Monterrosa-24]

But remember how brutal our troops are...

[Vendome]

Sorry Laz. I am just sickened beyond belief of the two news videos and I cannot even get to their motivation.

Whatever we think, the bastards that did this should be impaled on a stake, with bait rubbed on their faces, so the buzzards can pick their eyes out and devour their heads.

But, that’s just me.

[a fool in paradise]

When one of our guys was dragged naked through the streets of Somalia after he was killed, Time-Lies saw fit to airbrush out his genitalia. Seems that would have been “offensive” or “exploitative”.

[a fool in paradise]

Where was Time-Lies when President Bush was meeting with Iraqi political prisoners Saddam held in Abu Ghraib and who'd had their hands cut off and came to America for new prosthetic limbs?

[Lazamataz]

Whatever we think, the bastards that did this should be impaled on a stake, with bait rubbed on their faces, so the buzzards can pick their eyes out and devour their heads.

When you say 'the bastards', are you talking about the people who did the act to this woman, or the publishers at Time?

[a fool in paradise]

They ordered her husband to saw off her ears too for the crime of running away from home

Sounds like the horror isn't the war, but Sharia Law.

Americans need to wake up.

[Vendome]

Hmmm.... Let’s start with bastards that did this and then we can saw off the hands of the people ....

You know, I am just stuck on these bastards.

[SunkenCiv]

Time's editor insists that "We do not run this story or show this image either in support of the U.S. war effort or in opposition to it," but that's nonsense, of course.

The real reason they're running this cover is to generate some interest outside of the aging, shrinking, leftist trash subscribers -- and the disclaimer is included to try to hold on to them.

[StarCMC]

What’s amazing is that Time thinks this is news. This — and much worse! — has been going on for a long time but they have turned their eyes away and pretended that it didn’t exist. And ya know, if they don’t print it, it’s not there. I did a report when I was in college (we won’t say how long ago that was!) about the treatment of women in Saudi culture and this is nothing new.