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January 27, 2007
Report from Baghdad
This report has to be seen to be believed. The Brit news anchor warns viewers that they're about to see "shocking" video of Iraqi troops beating the crap out of three unlawful combatants and -- horrors! -- the Americans stand by and do nothing to stop it.
The tone of the entire report is simply infuriating, and provides the best argument in favor of military censorship.
I'm quite convinced that we'd have quit WWII -- or in the parlance of today's Democrats and weak-kneed, fair-weather Republicans, conducted a phased redeployment of U.S. troops -- if the GIs got the same treatment by the media.
Mark Steyn commented to Hugh Hewitt this week that, while those opposed to the war have the Democrats on their side, it would be nice if those of us who support the fight had a political party reliably in favor of victory, not compromise.
Amazing that a mere 61 years have passed since Americans joined together, united in the belief that the United States should -- hell, must -- triumph over our enemies, and that death and destruction were the unavoidable consequences of war, to be grimly endured until the enemy was bled to the point of defeat ... or annihilation.
What's happened to us?
Posted by Mike Lief at January 27, 2007 11:21 PM
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