[aristeides]

remember that british reporter who got beat up in Pakistan and blamed himself and the west?

You're talking about Robert Fisk. In his paper, The Independent, this morning he puts part of the blame for Pearl's murder on -- I kid you not -- the folks who mocked him for that idiotic piece in which he blamed himself (he also puts part of the blame on Geraldo Rivera)!

[GeronL]

someone should post that on FR and repost to the thread the first article where HE blamed homself... and he says he was upset that an 'American' newspaper blamed him??

Doesn't Mark Steyn write for Canada's National Post??