Precisely because the media cannot place the blame on the US except by saying the cause is due to the US not being there.
The european media will stand there and watch french troops rape, torture and murder civilians and say nothing. Let a US troop look cross-eyed at a terrorists and its international news of abuse.
For late comers who have not gone through all the posts.
There are 4 videos located here:
http://radioci.embaci.com/englishdownload/
They are:
frenchsnipersvideo1.mpg
frenchsnipersvideo2.mpg
frenchsoldiershootingcivilians1.mpg
frenchsoldiersshootingcivilians2.mpg
The important ones are the last two and have a date of 11/10/04.
frenchsoldiershootingcivilians1.mpg
is filmed from the front of the crowd. It shows the French line at the front of the hotel. It shows the French firing, etc.
frenchsoldiersshootingcivilians2.mpg
is filmed from the back of the ground. In this one, you don't see the shooting, but you hear it and see the results.
The people in the back of the crowd seem to have received the majority of the casualties as the people in the front immediately took cover and had some protection due to a wall the separated them from the French line.