5.19.2005
Some Sanity
David Brooks breathes a breath of fresh air into the Newsweek debate today:
Excuse me, guys, but this is craziness. I used to write for Newsweek. I know Mike Isikoff and the editors. And I know about liberals in the media. The people who run Newsweek are not a bunch of Noam Chomskys with laptops. Not even close. Whatever might have been the cause of their mistakes, liberalism had nothing to do with it.Without question, the reaction of the Muslim extremists went way over the line. We may not know whether a Koran was actually flushed down the toilet, but you are naive if you believe that atrocities do not happen in jail cells. The real question is not whether the riots were justified or whether the incident happened, but whether the media should be disclosing such information. This incident is just one example - at what point do you draw the line? My personal opinion is that the facts - even if they are horrifying - should be made available to taxpayers who are funding US foreign policy: be it arming Israelies, fumigating coca in the Andes, or spending $200 billion to bring democracy to a country of 25 million people.
Meanwhile, the left side of the blogosphere has erupted with fury over the possibility that American interrogators might not have flushed a Koran down the toilet. The Nation and leftish Web sites are in a frenzy to prove that the story is probably true even if Newsweek is retracting it.
This, too, is unhinged. Would it be illegal for more people on the left to actually be happy that a story slurring Americans may turn out to be unproven? Could there be a few more liberals willing to admit that prisoners routinely lie about their treatment? (Do we expect them to say their time in captivity wasn't so bad?)
Then I click my mouse over to the transcripts of administration statements and I can't believe what I'm seeing. We're in the middle of an ideological war against people who want to destroy us, and what have the most powerful people on earth become? Whining media bashers. They're attacking Newsweek while bending over backward to show sensitivity to the Afghans who just went on a murderous rampage.
# posted by Juanson : 12:01 PM
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Good points Mezian. I pretty much agree w/ Brooks. I don't understand why so many people have blindly accepted the idea that Newsweek is solely responsible for Afghan violence. And given past experience (Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo)the reporters had good reason to suspect that the story could be true -- how could they be faulted for not corroborating it if the gov't refuses to comment and issues blanket denials?
The NYT story today about detainee abuse in Bagram is even worse. This could set off more protests, but it is supported by over two years of research, eyewitness testimony, and the Army's own investigation.
Here's the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/20/international/asia/20abuse.html?ei=5094&en=6cca0512a38427c3&hp=&ex=1116648000&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print
The NYT story today about detainee abuse in Bagram is even worse. This could set off more protests, but it is supported by over two years of research, eyewitness testimony, and the Army's own investigation.
Here's the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/20/international/asia/20abuse.html?ei=5094&en=6cca0512a38427c3&hp=&ex=1116648000&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print
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: 12:17 PM
: 12:17 PM
I agree with all of you - it's a tragedy and I think you're right Christian, these facts need to exposed to keep tabs where we are spending our money.
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: 12:10 PM
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