Posted by
JayPeriod on Friday, April 25, 2008 9:50:18 AM
Since the beginning of the Iraq War, supporters of the troops and the war have complained that the Mainstream Media, MSM, have provided aid and comfort to the enemy. The Left has mocked and ridiculed us, complaining that we are making it up to cast them in a bad light. The Department of Defense has released a report detailing two surges in US casualties.
Both surges came after specific incidents that garnered much attention in the MSM. The first was the Abu Ghraib incident and the second was the Congressional ban on "torture." Media attention from the first caused a backlash from the enemy, strengthening their resolve. The second resulted in a lack of information being gathered, leading to more attacks from the enemy succeeding.
WorldNetDaily has an analysis of the report you can read here.
The MSM did such a job of trying the Abu Ghraib incident in the court of the public eye, the enemy was further enraged and became more determined. Rather than allow the military to handle the incident and punish those responsible of wrongdoing, the MSM decided it would be better to point it out to the enemy. They may have thought it would only cause problems for President Bush in the States, but that's not what happened. Yet, they have never felt any remorse for the surge in American deaths their actions led to.
The second surge was a direct result of a lack of what the military calls "coercive interrogation." The MSM and Congress decided to call this torture. Congress banned a list of techniques, handcuffing our men in action from getting the information they desperately need to save lives. Interrogators can spend hours and weeks and months trying to get information from terrorists by simply asking them questions. One waterboarding instance took thirty seconds, saving lives. These terrorists are prepared for our techniques, willing to wait out our interrogators. When we throw something at them that they were not prepared for, they break in short order. Are some of these techniques harsh or extreme? Maybe. Did I mention, though, we are fighting terrorists, who don't have any problem in cutting someone's head off? I think since we are not stooping to their level, we are not, in any way, as bad as they are.
Plain and simple, because the MSM has chosen to attack and attempt to discredit this President with their stories, they have placed our troops in far greater danger and provided aid and comfort to our enemy. Yet, they want us to believe they support the troops. I think not.