Armies of Liberation

An article known as The New American Heros to regular readers is up at Opeds.com

Well this is a real compliment, the freepers really liked it.

Update on A Glaring Double Standard: The article was also published by the Arab Times in Kuwait, although not the internet edition, in adddition to Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

is here. I was spitting mad and could have been a little clearer but its still one for civilians rights, the Iraqis police and civilians, and the US military. Also kudos to the Arab News for publishing it. They are going to get a lot of angry comments for publishing it. A little postive feedback to the paper would be nice too. Hint Hint

Update: Article also published in the Arab Times but the print edition.

This Blog into FRENCH.

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Update: This article was published today on Iraq.net. The editor added a picture of Margaret Hassan and sent regards from Baghdad. Also published by the Arab News.

What a glaring double standard. The Arab world is enraged over the shooting of a wounded, apparently unarmed Iraqi insurgent by a uniformed US soldier.

There is no similar outrage for Margaret Hassan. Is it because she was an Anglo, a woman, or because she was killed by a Muslim?

The video of the soldier shooting is proof, we are told, of America’s evil. And the kidnapping, torture and murder of Mrs. Hassan is then proof of what- that America is evil! Muslims wouldn’t do that unless evil America forced their hand.

Bombing children, defiling mosques, kidnapping civilians, executing poor workers and cleaning women point blank: these are not discussed, broadcast with frequency, or the source of much anger. Videos where a masked man shakes a bloody head while the curtains flutter do not evoke such fury. Why? The identity of the victim or the perpetrator?

All tactics of the insurgents are excused. Hide among civilians. Justified. Wear civilian clothes. Justified. Shoot from the holy mosque. Justified. Feign death to draw soldiers in (the way one marine died the day before the incident). Justified. Wave a white flag as a ploy. Justified. Booby trap dead bodies. Justified. That’s just Fallujah.

Moving outward- Deliberately killing Iraqi civilians daily. Justified. Bombing churches. Justified. Bombing cafes. Justified. Using schools as arsenals. Justified. Attacking the police. Just fine.

The rules of war don’t apply to the insurgents, only the Americans. And if one horrible act occurs at the hands of one American soldier, the world howls.

The insurgents’ constant inhumane tactics are acceptable. The American rules of engagement prohibited shooting unarmed combatants: this prohibition was followed by thousands of soldiers, thousands of times. After the shootout at the mosque in which the man was wounded, a call went to headquarters to send a medical team out to pick him up. Its American policy that wounded fighters are given good medical attention. Many are being treated now. A wounded American soldier found by the enemy fighters would be tortured to death after being paraded on al-Jazeera. And that would be fine.

The last war in which Arab militaries fought was the Iran/Iraq war and executions were systematic. That was fine.

Al-Jazeera, marketing arm for anti-Americanism globally, is showing the shooting nearly non-stop. Yet they refused to show the last tape of Margaret begging for her life because it was too disturbing. How bad of a shape was she in? Is that why her bruised and battered body is still alone and unrecovered? They refused to show her execution: the shooting of this woman in the head is not a “war death,” although carried out by those the US military are fighting. Broadcasting terrorists’ messages to inspire fear in the Iraqi people is thought impartial journalism though. Except in Iraq, where al-Jazeera has been suspended numerous times for acting as a tool of the jihadiis.

Why so little regard for Iraqi civilians when they are killed by Muslims but when a unarmed fighter is killed by an American soldier, the Arabs suddenly love the Iraqis?

The soldier will be tried. The facts will come out. A punishment will be issued because the US has respect for the Iraqis and enforces the rules of engagement. If the soldier was wrong, Americans will say he was wrong, loud and clear. Tomorrow when Iraqi children are again deliberately targeted by these terrorists-not freedom fighters-what will we hear from the Arab countries, not even muted mumblings. Is it a lack of courage or a lack of concern? Why is there more sympathy for the guy in civilian clothes who was shooting from a mosque than for Margaret?

Elections are coming to Iraq. The Iraqis will rule themselves.

Saddam stole 21 billion dollars from the mouths of starving Iraqi children. The UN closed its eyes. He filled mass graves and torture chambers and the world stood silent. Now as the Iraqis struggle for self-determination, for security, and for freedom from both the US and the terrorists, the Arabs back the suicide bombers. Habit perhaps.

For years, some Iraqis may harbor deep resentment toward the US for its mistakes. The successes of the insurgents, all those dead civilians, will be remembered with anger as well. Perhaps the greatest number of Iraqis will recall how they were devalued by their “brothers” and forsaken in the greater cause of anti-Americanism.

Not Even A Little. Ha!

Actually, pissing off Europe was one of the best parts.

Driving the moonbats to the brink of sanity was also fun.

via email: A Sonnet

It never occurred to me, ever before,
That our Navy would win the Vietnam War.
When they took to their boats in this year of elections,
With the mission of making some major corrections

I shared their belief, John should not be elected,
And their view overdue, truth should be resurrected.
Yet I questioned the course they’d set themselves for,
Knowing how John was loved by the media whore.

Ignored and dismissed by the media queens
Being shrewd, savvy sailors they still found the means
To reach out to the people, to open their eyes
To a phony John Kerry and his war story lies.

With their very first ad, they torpedoed his boat,
A Cambodian Christmas would no longer float.
His heroics unraveled, his stories fell flat,
Especially that one ‘bout his magical hat.

John called on his lawyers and media whores,
And threatened the Swiftees with vile legal wars.
But these warriors kept charging back into the fire,
And made the folks wonder, “Is Kerry a Liar?”

Till the question of whether he’s telling the truth
Was still in their minds in the election day booth.
So the brave Swiftees gave us what we’d not had before,
They gave us our victory in the Vietnam War.

Those brave, stalwart sailors, falsely labeled as liars,
Stood firm and stood tall, kept directing their fires,
Steadfast, unrelenting, they served once again,
And defeated John Kerry, these honorable men.

All Vets can take pride, yes all, not just some,
That we won the last battle of Vietnam.
It took far too long to bring an end to our war
But we did, November Second, Two Thousand Four.

To our Brothers, forever on that long black Wall,
You’ve been vindicated now, one and all.

Russ Vaughn
2d Bn, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment
101st Airborne Division
Vietnam 65-66

Poor cuddley Dick Cheney has gone to hospital with shortness of breath. If the strain is too much for him, he can step aside for Rudy.

Rudy can then run against Hillary in 2008.

BTW if Cheney does step down, and with Ashcroft gone, who are the crazed liberals going to hate the most? They need a puppetmaster for the conspiracy theories to work.

UPDATE: OK, Dick I’ll be your V.P. Not much arm twisting necessary there, when a guy like this is going to run:

How are we, as mere mortals going to stop this evil power of darkness from ravaging our beautiful planet? Is there a superhero out there that will save us? Someone who wears a mask and tights?

Check out the Cabinet. Think the Eurotrash wannabe’s are whiny now…..just wait till 2008.

We’re not the only ones:

FALLUJA, Iraq (CNN) — Iraq’s interim defense minister Hazem Sha’alan has lashed out at U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and leaders of other Arab countries during a pep talk for Iraqi troops before an expected assault on the insurgent-held city of Falluja.

Annan warned in a letter dated October 31 to the United States, Britain and Iraq that such an assault would have a “negative impact” on the prospects for elections, now scheduled for January.

“Where was Kofi Annan when Saddam was slaughtering the Iraqis like sheep?” Sha’alan said.

“Where were the calls we hear from Arab and Islamic countries when Saddam was messing up the country?”

Sha’alan told the Iraqi troops set to participate in the offensive that they were “the defenders of democracy” who would rescue a city held hostage.

“Those who call not to fight the criminals, we say to them, ‘You are the criminals.’ They are the criminals,” he said.

“How could you shake hands with Saddam Hussein before? You were a slave to Saddam Hussein, and today you try your best to restore dictatorship and crime, but under a new umbrella — that is the umbrella of Islam.”

The troops crowded in to hear him, raising their rifles into the air and cheering, dancing and singing at the end.

Sha’alan predicted the insurgents, who have been in effective control of Falluja for months, would “run away like rats” when attacked.

“We will chase them from house to house, from room to room,” he said.

Like a breath of fresh air.