Nice tactic.
Take an unrelated national tragedy, attach an unfounded accusation, and use this to inflame our broken hearts.
Our enemies have always rejoiced in our failures, they will always continue to do so, and this is no more or no less reason to do what we have to do.
I guess you could attach your rant to any news report of fatal auto accidents as well.
”It will be up to us to call attention to this psychotic jubilation, and remind everyone that this is just another reason why we have to visit some high-yield justice upon them.”
And I guess it’s up to me to mention the fact that as of yet, we have no proof of any “psychotic jubilation” by anyone, anywhere.
But hey! You covered that by suggesting that the same media that showed the rejoicing last time, for some obscure reason, will not do so this time.
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Israeli woman Sara Yohanan weeps as she hears news about the loss of contact with space shuttle Columbia as TV shows a picture of the crew in Jerusalem on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003. Space shuttle Columbia apparently disintegrated in flames over Texas minutes before it was to land Saturday in Florida. STS-107 Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli austronat, was a member of the crew. (AP Photo/Baubau) |
I'd like to be proven wrong, and see an article about Arafat ordering the PA flag flown at half-staff. I'd like to see Osama release a video expressing his condolences. I'd like to see Saddam attend the memorial services here. I won't bet the house on it.
What will be interesting is seeing what comes from the arab media and web sites, and what gets preached in the mosques and madrasses. The American media has had a long time to think about things since 9/11, which caught them and everyone else totally off guard. Whatever gets said will eventually make it here, probably despite the lack of coverage from our establishment media.
To some extent, we're arguing epistemology here, "if a tree falls in the forest" type of stuff. I'm just speculating based on the track record of American and arab media.
What disturbs me more will be the "stop manned space flight now" drumbeat, which I guarantee will start in a couple of days. Emails are flying, and faxes are humming right now over that between various domestic agenda groups, who will argue that this tragedy would best be served by taking the money, and giving it to them. These are the real jackals.
The "unrelated" part is as much speculation at this point as "related". We just don't know yet. The fact that a woman originally from India and a man from Israel, one who participated in the bombing of the Iraqi Osirk(sic) reactor no less, were on board, certainly gives one pause. I hope "unrelated" does indeed turn out to be the case, but it's certainly too soon to say.