Ya gotta love the hypocrisy of the MSM. These are people who threw a fit when we dared to show the disheveled pictures of Saddam...or even proof that his sons were killed. Some even went as far to claim Geneva violations, even when there were just glimpses of POWs taken in Iraq.
These same humanitarians also decried the use of photos depicting or recreating the events of 9/11...for fear it would inflame emotional hatred and anger against Muslims. These are interesting concerns when you consider that this same MSM had no problem not only running 50+ days of Abu Ghraib stories (and POWs), but is now demanding access (with the ACU) to even more photos so they can intentionally inflame the emotions of Muslims towards America.
The very hatred and anger towards the USA...that the MSM blames on Bush, has been perpetuated by these same people. Whether it was the flushing Koran story or the inclimate temperatures at Gitmo, our media has been directly responsible for the attitudes and perceptions others have for...and against, this country. And they have the nerve to ask why?...They are the reason why.
It's interesting how for some people the undefined notion of freedom of information trumps the concrete reality that the pictures will undermine the effort in Iraq. Of course, for them there's no tension between the two. Instead, it's a two-fer: the information gets out and the effort is undermined. Actually it's a one-fer with an incidental side effect: the effort is undermined, plus there's the freedom of information thing.
BTW, I wonder if the Geneva Convention rule against showing POWs could be used to block the release of the new pictures?