I was referring to the irony of sending troops oversees to fight and die for freedom while Constitutional principles were being whittled away at home. If you had bothered to read the post to which I was responding, you would have seen that this was referring to a 1st Amendment issue unrelated to the alleged incident at Haditha.
But you didn't bother. You misread a post, and instead of having the honesty to admit it, you chose to proudly reassert your ignorance. That puzzles me.
After reviewing many of your posts from this and other threads I have to come to the conclusion that you are nothing but a pseudo-intellectual troll. In this thread you jump on somebody because they CORRECTLY point out that the ACLU and the AP (not to mention Reuters, Al-Jazerra, ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR, Time, Newsweek, NYT, DNC, DNC, DNC yada yada) will exploit, with very little balance, this issue in an attempt to inflame Iraqis and Muslims everywhere thus undermining the war. Ugly events should unquestionably be reported but you imply that it is somehow outrageous to imply that an organization such as the ACLU, with their long track record and current opposition to this war, would not exploit this situation. Do flushed Korans and Mohammed cartoons ring a bell?
I don't have the time to counter your death penalty, WWII and military funeral positions. And as far as constitutional rights being whittled away - it is the left that has both successfully and unsuccessfully whittled away individual rights in favor of group rights (affirmative action, hate crime legislation, income redistribution, "living document" vs. "amendable Constitution", leaking national secrets, eliminate right to bear arms, etc.) so please spare me.