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2006-08-04 Home Front: WoT

War images drain the wells of moral outrage.

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Posted by Mike 2006-08-04 07:19|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "those observing war from the safety of their living rooms" have become the most important political force engaged today in modern warfare. There is now a belief, held for different reasons by pacifists and propagandists, that if the media forces the people in America or Europe to see and read the bloody details of these conflicts, then public opinion will force their leaders, as Kofi Annan would put it, to stop the fighting. . . .

Suspect their assessment is a bit off. An accurate analogy might be, we're all Cowboy's fans and we're watching Drew Henson trounce New England in the Superbowl. More popcorn please.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-04 09:02|| 2006-08-04 09:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Israel is a small country. The unrelenting years of muslim terrorism has effected every family. They all have been first person witnesses to the barbarity of the enemy. They've played the game of land for peace and they still have no peace. They now know that there can be no 'reason', no 'compromise'. Those are the ground rules established by the enemy. The Israelis have learned that no matter what they do, the 'moral outrage' is reserved for them and not the barbarians. They may have finally realized that their safety depends upon ignoring those so 'outraged'.

Even though most Americans witnessed by distant media the destruction of 9/11 they still in large part have not been touched directly by the terrorist. They are inured of the danager by the fifth column which distracts the attention from the real threat and projects all the blame on a closer target to serve their short term domestic interests of power. We have yet to come to the understanding that the Israelis as a people have now achieved.

Posted by Uloter Grinenter8414 2006-08-04 09:09|| 2006-08-04 09:09|| Front Page Top

#3
"Even though most Americans witnessed by distant media the destruction of 9/11 they still in large part have not been touched directly by the terrorist."

I think that will soon be coming to an end. I would expect that we will begin to see more and more repeats of the Islam inspired murder in Seattle. And it will get worse.

When we have Jihad's detonating themselves on school buses and in malls...etc. We will come to know our enemies as well as the Israeli's. Then, and only then will we be able to do the things necessary to eradicate Islam.

"We have yet to come to the understanding that the Israelis as a people have now achieved."

Soon.

-M

Posted by Manolo 2006-08-04 09:27|| 2006-08-04 09:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Where was the moral outrage in Rhuainda? Iraqi when Saddam was killing everyone? Sudan? Israel dead to suicide bombing in the 90s?

The thing is, the "moral outrage" only shows up when it benifits the MSM to show in on the news and fits their political needs. Otherwise, it gets ignored.

So don't talk to me about "moral outrage". Mine is fine, and is pointed at Islam. The rest of you MSM idiots can go fuck yourselves.

Posted by DarthVader 2006-08-04 09:47|| 2006-08-04 09:47|| Front Page Top

#5 I have a feeling that Mr. Henninger is right. Unfortunately, the average American will just tune out and put his/her ipod back on, at least UNTIL what Manolo describes happens here in the States. Sad, but true. I, for one, as well as most here, recognize the threat and would prefer to exterminate it BEFORE it can touch Israeli or US soil.

Posted by BA 2006-08-04 10:38|| 2006-08-04 10:38|| Front Page Top

#6 "Weeping as he walked in a funeral procession hours later, Jamaleddin pulled at the limbs of the dead, carried to a cemetery in the bucket of a yellow front-loader."

Dang it, I knew I missed that opportunity to invest in Caterpillar. They even have 'em in Lebanon now? D90's!

Posted by BA 2006-08-04 10:50|| 2006-08-04 10:50|| Front Page Top

#7 They blow up a school bus here or school and the sh*t will hit the fan so deep them muzzy assholes will forever fear the Great Satan. I guarantee the first MSM asshole that sez disproportinate response gets hung from the nearest tree.

Posted by djohn66 2006-08-04 11:50|| 2006-08-04 11:50|| Front Page Top

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