It's hard to tell who is more radicalized: National Public Radio
or Al-Jazeera, the all-jihad all the time television network. I
spent a half hour on NPR early this afternoon talking about the
recent "Human Rights Watch" report that -- based on three anonymous
soldiers' statements -- republishes the libel that our people in
Iraq, Afghanistan, and Cuba are routinely torturing detainees. The
report, of course, made the
Al-Jazeera front page.
It's the usual: a compendium of anonymous allegations ("Sgt. A,"
"Sgt. B," "Officer C") passed off as proof that we can't trust the
miltary and need more legislation and an "independent" -- i.e.,
partisan and political -- commission to investigate the military.
The only interesting thing the Human Rights Watch rep said
through the whole thing was that he was glad it was picked up by
Al-Jazeera. I can't forgive people such as the HRW crew. They are
making the world more dangerous for the young men and women we send
in harm's way. And for us.
topics:
Television, Military, Iraq
