irony: it's what's for dinner

[rone]

DEAD SEA RESORT, Jordan (CNN) -- The Arab world should be showing "a higher level of outrage" over the death of an American businessman whose beheading was posted on an Islamist Web site last week, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday.

When people say there isn't enough outrage over what's happening in Iraq... that's not what they meant.

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[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

When people say there isn't enough outrage over what's happening in Iraq... that's not what they meant.

I'm not sure it isn't. We're outraged over prisoner abuse and torture, yet there is no corresponding outrage for not just the highly-publicized sawing off of Berg's head, but the multitudes of other equally horrific tortures and killings coming from that part of the Muslim world.

When we see the photos of Iraqi prisoner torture, we became outraged and called for heads to roll, so to speak. Our leaders may have let us down by ignoring the reports when they first found out (assuming that they didn't order to acts in the first place), but when we the citizenry found out, we got very upset and continue to do so.

When masked men sawed off Berg's head, the populace cheered. When we saw still photos of Iraqi prisoner torture, we became incensed. That's Powell's point.

Wow!

[skipernicus.livejournal.com]

Wow, is he ever out of touch with reality!