Yesterday was horrific. There is no doubt about that. The images are of human depravity. I was paying a lot of attention to the Net and Radio yesterday, so I wasn't really watching TV. Apparently, a lot of conservative pundits are a little ticked off today because the TV networks wouldn't show the images of Americans being burned, killed, and mutilated. I had to leave work early today, so I turned on my favorite guy to laugh at, Rush Limbaugh. To my surprise, Roger Hedgecock was filling in for Rush. The topic du jour was how the "elites" in television would not show the images from Falluja. Hedgecock said this was because of either one of two reasons:
- The networks think that Americans can't handle images like this anymore.
Or the more likely reason, according to Hedgecock.
- The networks are worried that showing the images would give Bush more power. Americans would see the dead and demand blood.
I mean, come on. Is he really serious? Remember Somalia? The images from that made people call for us to get out of there, and fast. We're way over the part where we call for blood. The days after 9/11 had plenty of that. The argument now is whether we should be there now, as well as how we got there initially.
I think that a lot of people, especially conservatives, will be pissed off. I think what happened yesterday is a travesty. But let's call a spade a spade. How come everyone in Iraq that is fighting against the occupation is a terrorist or Baathist sympathizer? I looked at the images of young Iraqis and thought they were you everyday average citizen.
The Bush administration said that the Iraqi people would welcome us with open arms and rose petals. Look at the pictures from yesterday's attack and tell me what we're doing there.