That cartoon really makes the point, Britney.
Saddam killed roughly 1 million of his own poeple, and that was never reported or an outrage in the Arab media.
But 7 American prison guards in Abu Ghraib who roughed up and harassed a few prisoners, who may not have even killed anyone (although investigations are being done of
up to 40 deaths where there is any question of wrongdoing by U.S. guards)... and that's all over the Arab media, in posturing outrage ?!?
Again, crimes were committed, no one disputes that. And the first of the guards (Sivits, who by accounts is the least of the offenders) was already sentenced to a year in military prison. I fail to see what the outrage is about. The guilty are being punished, and the rule of law is being maintained in Iraq, even against the American occupiers.
I enjoyed this interview Zod posted, of Rush Limbaugh receiving a call from an American soldier on leave from Iraq:
Interview of a soldier from Iraq
http://www.rkmbs.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=278741&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1
It lays out that American soldiers have limitations on how they can do their job in Iraq, because there is so much media scrutiny, and any mistake they make will be broadcast across the global media.
Again, 7 U.S. soldiers committed crimes and are being punished.
Where is the sense of proportion, in outrage at the slaughter and dismemberment of American civilians and soldiers in Iraq?
Where is the sense of proportion, in the outrage of
seven U.S. soldiers, who possibly didn't even kill anyone, versus the
million or more dead Iraqis, systematically tortured and murdered, found in mass graves throughout Iraq ?
Very selective rage indeed, on the part of Arabs, liberals and the media worldwide.
