Posted on 04/01/2006 1:02:53 PM PST by StopDemocratsDotCom
breaking!
When you saw the women standing in line for miles to vote they were all dressed in their very best clothes. It is customary there to do so when you are facing death. After all, you want to be buried in your best, and in Iraq that's going to be a large embroidered gown. The very next occasion I had to vote I wore a tie out of respect for their risk. A personal thing, but I was truly impressed with millions of women risking their lives to vote.
It is not unusual for Westerners to adopt Middle Eastern clothes when present in the Middle East.
You're right. It's inconsistent. Perhaps her statement reflects her worldview and her will to be known as a journalist, but when placed in a losing situation, became a hostage and threw truth out the window. Now that she is back in a free society, her will to control her future and have people perceive her as seeking and honestly reporting truth is manifest. The second statement indicates there was no love lost for her captors, but she's trying to ignore the soulish and spiritual connotations of her thinking and behavior and justify herself in her own eyes in a worldly system.
Ironically, if she is judged as a journalist, she's a loser. If she was judged as a hostage who now seeks to report on her experience, then she might have an opportunity again to truthfully report, albeit in a worldly system.
You perhaps are too optimistic. On the day this lucky woman found freedom, more than several others were kidnapped that very day.
It's a big time business there and very, very ugly. Iraqis by and large are the ones who are suffering at the hands of these monsters.
God bless Alan Enwiya and his poor family. At least she finally paid him the justice he deserved. He lost his life for her.
Me neither. But not condeming her does not mean I must BELIEVE her.
....my information is that they had warned her of dire consequences afterwards if she didnt say thost things...and considering she was probably genuinely in fear for her life for 3 months,I dont blame her for not taking a chance till she was out of Iraq
There have been other women hostages ~ their deaths have been highly publicised.
Me neither. But not condeming her does not mean I must BELIEVE her.
Me neither. But not condeming her does not mean I must BELIEVE her.
From the image of fat sagging off of her neck, it appears as though she gained weight during her "captivity."
No doubt there are folks in the formal, publicly known parties, who have their connections with some of the kidnap rings. That's just one of the ways they raise money.
No insult intended, just saying calm down. You make some decent points but they get lost in the hysteria.
Listen, if the chick, a month from now, remains a Helen Thomas clone, I'll be right there with you. If she becomes an honest reporter (in the mold of Britt Hume), she will deserve credit for that. I'll give her a bit of time.
;-)
I am talking about the columns and articles she wrote before she was "kidnapped." Her views then did not seem so different from the ones on the alleged forced interview.
He's also dead.
If I were in her shoes, and MADE to say things, I would NOT have gone on National news before removing the un-Christian rag from my head!
She at least did the right thing here. So let's give credit where due.
You think Al Jajizm will be following up on her latest remarks? :)
There were no Islamofascists or other terrorists at the wedding that I know of.
Remember, one man's Persian is another man's Mede. Customary dress changes through time, and different rates in different societies. At the moment our own society is rapidly tilting toward the "belt" that is so popular as formal women's wear in the Amazon jungles.
Bet you'll like that one ~ kind of like a thong, but without the extra parts.
Yup.
Write that a million times and it won't bring him back. Almost anyone could have told him to not go meet with those Islamofascist terrorists because they'd probably kill him the second they found that he was a Jew.
The MSM will fully deserve the shameful legacy they have earned for failure to report upon this aspect of the Iraqi (and Afghani) elections -- all because of their seething rage at George Bush. Their demise will not be mourned.
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