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Now see what the media's fascination with showing only the bad side of this war has done? I blame the media for this death! Show the good that has come about rather than only the bad and help prevent these events!
Tony Kenny, Cumbria, UK
Nick Berg's life could have been saved only if the invading soldiers were prohibited from carrying cameras.
Girish, Cambridge, UK
Oh, FFS. Blame the media. Blame the cameras. Yeah, right.
Because if we didn't hear about the abuses going on, they wouldn't be a problem, would they? Brush it all under the carpet and things would be so much better.
...wouldn't they? I don't think so. The Iraqi people don't actually rely on the Western media to tell them whether or not the war has been good or bad for them, do they?
And the tales about abuse of Iraqis have been circulating in Iraq by word of mouth for at least six months now. The pictures certainly didn't help, but I think the resentment caused by the mistreatment of prisoners was building up anyway - this just caused a sudden leap instead of a gradual rise.
Although despite all of the above, this isn't really about that. It's about a bunch of terrorists/insurgents/whoever wanting to send the USA a very grim message ('Get out of Iraq or there'll be more of this', basically) and thinking this is a good way - and a good time - to do so. Everything else is just excuses and fig leaf justifications.
Now see what the media's fascination with showing only the bad side of this war has done? I blame the media for this death! Show the good that has come about rather than only the bad and help prevent these events!
Tony Kenny, Cumbria, UK
Nick Berg's life could have been saved only if the invading soldiers were prohibited from carrying cameras.
Girish, Cambridge, UK
Oh, FFS. Blame the media. Blame the cameras. Yeah, right.
Because if we didn't hear about the abuses going on, they wouldn't be a problem, would they? Brush it all under the carpet and things would be so much better.
...wouldn't they? I don't think so. The Iraqi people don't actually rely on the Western media to tell them whether or not the war has been good or bad for them, do they?
And the tales about abuse of Iraqis have been circulating in Iraq by word of mouth for at least six months now. The pictures certainly didn't help, but I think the resentment caused by the mistreatment of prisoners was building up anyway - this just caused a sudden leap instead of a gradual rise.
Although despite all of the above, this isn't really about that. It's about a bunch of terrorists/insurgents/whoever wanting to send the USA a very grim message ('Get out of Iraq or there'll be more of this', basically) and thinking this is a good way - and a good time - to do so. Everything else is just excuses and fig leaf justifications.
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Date: 2004-05-12 05:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-12 05:56 am (UTC)I should think the last thing the US authorities want them to be is false. They`d certainly not be at the front of the queue to announce them as such if they were.
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Date: 2004-05-12 07:12 am (UTC)In relation to the photos of Americans torturing people, the motive to demonstrate falsity is obvious... in relation to the decapitation video, this, as you suggest, is something they are feeling very thankful for.
Yet again, the terrorists have let them off the hook.
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Date: 2004-05-12 07:19 am (UTC)