The war crime they've been waiting for?

Townhall.com ^ | 6/2/06 | Mona Charen

[blitzgig]

No one yet knows what happened in Haditha, Iraq, last November. There are accounts -- unconfirmed -- of a massacre perpetrated by a unit of enraged Marines against unarmed civilians. Unless I miss my guess, this is about to become the biggest story in the world.

Consider that Abu Ghraib, which did not involve killing or torture (though it did include extreme humiliation) became the American and world press's favorite topic for weeks on end, though far more grotesque acts were being perpetrated daily by the jihadists in Iraq and elsewhere. In the period since then, the American press has focused almost exclusively on stories from Iraq that depict the situation as hopeless and the role of Americans as counterproductive.

Even before we know anything with certainty about Haditha, the Chattanooga Times Free Press has let fly with this bit of instant sociology: "If the vicious sectarian strife that is ripping Iraq apart holds no apparent end and is now sufficient to prompt a spree of unprovoked killings of innocents by American troops, Americans reasonably may wonder whether, as some generals already believe, this nation is now doing more harm than good by remaining in Iraq."

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Yes, violence is extreme, particularly in certain areas of the country. But this does not mean that democracy is failing to take root. Seventy percent of eligible Iraqis voted in the past three years. Radio stations, newspapers and Internet blogs have proliferated. The first free trade unions in the Arab world have begun in Iraq.

But don't expect to hear about those things. Our press will doubtless be too busy luxuriating in Haditha.

[Logical me]

Do you really believe the MSM don't know what their doing?

I believe they are so mentally ill that they are blind. As the MSM is loosing power they have resorted to distortion, lies, and fabricating wild stories. I believe they are now at the point that they believe their own lies. Beyond help.

[hosepipe]

[ Yes, violence is extreme, particularly in certain areas of the country. But this does not mean that democracy is failing to take root. ]

Iraq does NOT need a democracy.. Iraq NEEDS a republic(with Sunni, Shiite and Kurd States).. Democracy ALWAYS produces Socialism.. If George Bush calls America a democracy again, as he always does, I will henceforth start calling HIM Alfred E. Neuman(Madd MAg) which he strongly resembles..

I have YET to hear George Bush call America a REPUBLIC..
Sharia Law is very democratic(MOB RULE)..