Wednesday, February 15, 2006

New Abu Ghraib Pics…the Irony

Did you notice that Reuters and CNN are running the ‘new’ pics from Abu Ghraib? 

Isn’t that shocking and insensitive?  Isn’t that incendiary?  Isn’t that going to spark riots? 

Didn’t you also notice that CNN refused to show those Danish cartoons that were images of Muhammed?  Can I quote them?

“CNN is not showing the negative caricatures of the likeness of the Prophet Mohammed because the network believes its role is to cover the events surrounding the publication of the cartoons while not unnecessarily adding fuel to the controversy itself.”

Is there something that I’m missing here? 

Huh.....

Oh...THAT liberal media.  No bias here.  Move along. 

Update:  Michelle Malkin, as always, right on it. 

UPDATE #2:  Looks as if Salon is going to run the Abu Ghraib pics now, obviously not caring if they are repeating old news and causing people to die in the Arab nations.  If I may:

”The other compelling reason for publishing these pictures is that the system itself broke down over Abu Ghraib. Beyond the collapse of military discipline and adherence to the basic rules of civilized behavior, Abu Ghraib also symbolized the failure of a democratic society to investigate well-documented abuses by its soldiers.”

And your reasons for not showing the Islamofascists “...collapse of military discipline and adherence to the basic rules of civilized behavior...”?  Could it be that their behavior in this (killing, burning, destroying, screaming, wounding themselves) is just as indicative of their system as our behavior in this (investigating and punishing the guilty and changing our prisoner policy) is of ours?  The answer is “Yes”, but Salon’s point in this is not to be fair....it is to harm the United States and its standing around the world. 

This is just more proof of the audience that Salon aims for, and why the Left is not an ally in the War on Terror.  Again, the Left is against unfettered capitalism and economic liberty.....and, therefore, against a United States victory in the WoT.  They resist printing the pictures of Muhammed (and proving the emotional cripples that the Islamofascists and Wahabbists truly are), but leap...LEAP...at the opportunity to show the failings of American personnel or policies. 

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