[robertpaulsen]

Thank you for understanding the real issue.

[Miss Marple]

The more I think about it, I tend to agree with you even more. In any war, there are little acts of cruelty on both sides. Not every single person on our side is going to be 100% perfect in their actions. A reasonable person knows this.

So then the question is this: does the value of letting the public know about this supposed infraction outweigh the danger to our troops, our foreign policy, and ultimately perhaps the success of the War on Terror. Reasonable American citizens who love their country should answer "NO."

If we allow ourselves to be sidetracked by the question of whether or not the source was real, whether or not the source was telling the truth, etc. we allow ourselves to be deflected from what really is the main issue: Newsweek is deliberately printing stories to inflame the Moslems, and as a SIDE issue it is obvious that they will make stories up when they cannot find a true account.