"I'm starting to get angry with the President. Not for the alleged abuse, but for not vigorously pointing out what is obvious to us--that a little humiliation is not torture, and that a wearing women's panties on one's head would be far preferable than losing that same head by some clumsy and inept beheader. If the President doesn't start fighting back (and not with these mild denials), much more is lost than just the next election. If Kerry is elected, I have no doubt whatever that it will mean the end of our free country."
FWIW, Secty of State Powell has made comments and demands of Arab leaders to show balance and condemn the killing of Nick Berg...
The fact is, the media would have a field day if Bush or Rummy tried to downplay it. They would (falsely) talk of a coverup. In these matters IT IS UP TO WE THE PEOPLE TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE BIASED MEDIA!
It is time, past time, to send sharply worded letters to editors on this matter, accusing them of abject bias,
telling them that the oil-for-food corruption and billion dollar bribes is a real scandal, media fake photo reporting is the real scandal, etc.
To the Editor:
Why does the mainstream media continue to bash our troops and slant the news? They are fixated for 3 or 4 weeks now, on this so-called prisoner abuse “scandal”, where 6 or 8 soldiers abused (not tortured) Iraqi terrorists. So the terrorists were made to wear women’s panties on their heads and form a naked human pyramid. Big deal. Punish the abusers and move on. These prisoners are violent animals that were firing on, and killing American troops. They are not a bunch of harmless shoplifters.
Were they beheaded like American Nick Berg? Or shot, mutilated and strung from a bridge like the 4 American contractors? Does the liberal media show us these images over and over again? No. It’s selective reporting, and they never show us any of the good things happening there. How about showing us some of Saddam’s torture videos? They have the tapes. The liberal agenda is all about wearing down support for this war to hopefully bring down the President. The same thing happened during the Vietnam War.
Are things tough in Iraq? Sure, war is hell. Is it as bad over there as the media portrays? No. 90% of the country is secure and stable. Here is an actual quote from a soldier who just returned from Iraq: “I have been more scared of Iraq watching it from the news over here than I ever was over there -- and I was in quite a few little skirmishes, lots of firefights, about 75 hostile raids and I have never been so scared in my life watching it over here on this news. It's not near as bad as people think it is.” – Jeff- Moorhead, Oklahoma.
Let’s admit it. We’re at war with radical Islamists. We’re fighting this war over there because we do not wish to fight it here, in St. Louis or Los Angeles. Al-Queda is in Iraq now. They were there before the war. Saddam is an evil sadistic murderer who financed Palestinian suicide bombers. WMD, in the form of Sarin gas was just found. 25 million people have been liberated from tyrannical oppression. These are all facts, which liberals cannot dispute. Iraq is a central part of the war on terror, and Saddam had to be dealt with at some point. We are there to plant the seeds of democracy in the violence-plagued Middle East.
I guess the liberal mentality is, that war is ok as long as there is a Democrat in the White House.