Posted on 06/05/2005 5:07:34 PM PDT by mdittmar
First, Newsweek pulled a Dan Rather on us, running a fabricated story just because they wanted it to be true. They told the world that an American guard at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center had ripped pages from a prisoner’s Koran and flushed it down a toilet. As a result, innocent people died when practitioners of Islam rioted in protest in Afghanistan.
Oops, said Newsweek , it seems we can’t back up our story. Oh well, it’s probably true; we just can’t prove it. (Isn’t it convenient for Newsweek that the media now have “Deep Throat” to talk about so they can revel in their glory days and divert our attention from their criminal negligence.)
The lie heard round the world about the flushed Koran has caused convulsions in the Bush Administration and forced the Pentagon to launch an investigation of unfounded allegations contained in an unsubstantiated story. The results of said investigation are now in, and it seems there are at least five incidents of “mishandling” of the Koran at Gitmo.
Well, guess what? I DON’T CARE!
Are we fighting a war on terror or aren’t we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001? Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan, across the Potomac from our nation’s capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania? Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning death that day, or didn’t they?
And I’m supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was “desecrated” when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet? Well, I don’t. I don’t care at all.
I’ll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.
I’ll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime in Saudi Arabia.
I’ll care when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi tells the world he is sorry for hacking off Nick Berg’s head while Berg screamed through his gurgling, slashed throat.
I’ll care when the cowardly so-called “insurgents” in Iraq come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques.
I’ll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.
I’ll care when the American media stops pretending that their First Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United States Constitution’s Bill of Rights.
I’ll care when Clinton-appointed judges stop ordering my government to release photos of the abuses at Abu Ghraib, which are sure to set off the Islamic extremists just as Newsweek’s lies did a few weeks ago.
In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don’t care.
When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been humiliated in what amounts to a college hazing incident, rest assured that I don’t care.
When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank that I don’t care.
When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being “mishandled,” you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts that I don’t care.
And oh, by the way, I’ve noticed that sometimes it’s spelled “Koran” and other times “Quran.” Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and — you guessed it — I don’t care!
I could teach them a thing or two about desecrating.
I really have to wonder if the media is going to overplay their hand on all of this torture/desecration blather they are keeping in the news. I can imagine that a lot of people are tired of hearing it; and, I don't just mean people here on FR.
Can't beleive (well, I actually do believe) the MSM has successfully made another mountain out of this molehill.
This post puts it right back into its proper perspective.
That pretty much sums up how I feel about the issue.
Thank You! bump!
War on Terror...I HATE that term. Just more PC crap. As a nation we're not mentally or emotionally engaged in a war against Islamic Jihadists and the countries that spawn them. That's the problem.
btt
You'll love this....
No other people have suffered from Islam as much as the Hindu's have.
BRAVO!!
I think the MSM's real intent is to stir up hatred around the world.
You can put me down for not giving a rat's rear end either.
I got a huge laugh out of the Jimmy Crack Corn and guess what, I don't care line.
What I really don't understand is when my son was in Iraq he bought a Koran because he wanted to read for himself what it said. The Iraqi's didn't seem to mind selling it to him and I'm pretty sure since he's had it it hasn't been treated with kid gloves.
HEY EVERYBODY. GO TO CHARLIE DANIEL'S SOAPBOX AND READ "SCENARIO". HE IS ABSOLUTLEY RIGHT. IF HILLBILLY CLINTON GETS ELECTED AND THIS WAR IS STILL ON, WATCH HOW FAST THE LIBERAL MEDIA WILL HAVE A SUDDEN CHANGE OF HEART. WATCH HOW FAST THE ABU GHARIB CASE DISAPPEARS AND WATCH THE LEFT WING MEDIA DO BACKFLIPS ABOUT WHAT A NOBLE CAUSE THIS WAR IS.
Unless he can read Arabic, he got a translation. The Mooses pretty much don't care about those. It's not like Christianity where a bible in any language is sacred.
I did not know this, thanks for the information. Unless he learned Arabic without telling me it's probably in English. So nice to know they won't have any problem if we decide to play volleyball with it next weekend.:)
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