[pabianice]

What assholes.

[ClearCase_guy]

Perhaps some day the terrorists will go so far that even the Democrats and the media would decide to work in favor of the US.

Imagine how strong our country could be, if we were united in a fight for civilization.

[chimera]

I don't give a crap about the "Arab street". Those bloodthirsty barbarians were dancing in that same "street" on 9/11. I say they should all go to hell and rot there.

[avg_freeper]

Posted here:

The CBS Ambush

Good article though.

I also like "Iraq The Model"'s view:

When will we be ready to accept criticism?

(excerpt)

...One friend reminded me of the assassination attempt that targeted the former pope two decades ago wondering what the reaction of the pope was…as we all know he eventually visited the assailant and pardoned him.
No mosques were blown up and no speech of a clash of civilizations was made.
So why don't we admit that the "other" is better than us at responding rationally when criticized? Why don't we learn from others?
When we closed our ears to anything that doesn't match our beliefs and refused all criticism wasn’t that enough reason for the deterioration of our civilization? ...

[wayoverontheright]

I believe this tactic is beginning to backfire. It has become tedious to the most important audience in this macabre play, THE AMERICAN STREET, staged or not.

The enemy, instead of appearing inhumanly powerful, comes off juvenile and quite vulnerable, by reacting as they do to mere words and pictures. The whole idea of the suicide mission is to instill abject fear; how can we cower to the same people who we see on TV reacting with infantile hissy-fits?

[SamuraiScot]

An imprudent quote by a man on a global podium? Yes -- particularly since popes blessed several sword-bearing Crusades.

Huh? Imprudent? Horsecrap. It's imprudent not to speak the truth.

And you have a problem with the Crusades—that is, taking back territories, such as Jerusalem, put to the sword by jihad gangs? I don't. I do have a problem with wimps like you trying to avoid offending gangsters. It can't be done. The offense is always pretended—an excuse to justify doing the stuff they're yearning to do anyway.

And in this case, the gangsters are such losers anyway. Trying to be "prudent" in this situation is delusional.

[frogjerk]

An imprudent quote by a man on a global podium? Yes -- particularly since popes blessed several sword-bearing Crusades.

Sword bearing Crusades that saved Europe from the Islamo-Nazis.

[SamuraiScot]

By the way, by "you," I meant the writer of the piece, not you. Sorry!

[montyspython]

Why is this a surprise? Same tactics were employed during the Balkan conflicts, sensationalism devoid of facts with the intent of molding public opinion. The MSMs count on public ignorance to insure their agenda comes across as legitimate.

[jan in Colorado]

THE ENEMEDIA

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Here'e my preferred image of the "arab street":

[GOPJ]

Executing a CBS ambush requires the implicit cooperation of sensationalist media -- media that delight in emotional slights and rarely probe beyond the superficial. Until that implicit cooperation ends, the Islamo-fascists will continue to exploit this productive stratagem, achieving propaganda victories designed to ignite a "clash of civilizations" and brutally intimidate their Muslim and non-Muslim opposition.

You're right, what as_holes.

[anymouse]

This has been going on for a while and was parodied in this classic movie circa 1982.

The problem is that the parody and reality have become indistinguishable.

[weegee]

Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans PING

[litehaus]

"Remember the "Arab street," ...Nope.

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But I do recall ABSCAM and fella named MURTHA....