Death of Nicholas Berg is a bitter reminder of why we are at war

[Justice]

(title is taken from the column - not my view)

tp://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/05/13/the_images_we_see____and_those_we_dont/

Jeff Jacoby, conservative wacko columnist for Boston Globe.

"I'm sickened as well by the relish with which this scandal is being exploited by those who think that the defeat of the Bush administration is an end that justifies just about any means."

I keep reading this sentence over and over -- first thinking of all of the situations which were exploited and distorted and invented and funded in the 1990s -- Whitewater, Monica Lewinsky, Vince Foster, future trades, Air Force One cutlery, and on and on and on.

My blood is boiling.

Edited to add parenthical

[trumad]

1. That's OK

because on Nov 5th 2004, Jeff will be drunk in some gutter mumbling USA, USA, USA!

[Justice]

2. Good Point - I will seek Him Out

to bring him his own copy of a "Kerry Wins" Boston Globe front page.

[chelsea0011]

3. You didn't actually ever finish one of his columns. Did you?

If you have, you are one brave soul. It's not that I dislike conservative columnists, but he is the classic "recycle the columns". everything he writes, he has written once before. You never have to finish his columns. Thanks Jeff! My favorite crap he writes are his heart-felt, sentimental odes to his son Caleb. I don't even understand why the Globe publishes that crap.

[SEpatriot]

4. More RW nonsense from Jacoby

Give me a break:

"We do remember the war effort, don't we? Surely we haven't forgotten the jetliners smashing into the twin towers and Pentagon"

Yes, we just have to be reminded that this is a holy war against Arabs...so why didn't we invade Saudi Arabia - you know, the place where most of the 911 terrorists came from?

"Or the monstrous Saddam, who filled mass graves to bursting, invaded two neighboring countries, and avidly sought weapons of mass destruction"

I'll bet Rummy does!

"Or the reason why 130,000 US soldiers are on the line in Iraq: because establishing a democratic beachhead in the Middle East is critical to cutting off the terrorists' oxygen -- the backing they get from dictatorial regimes."

Which reason was that...let's see I kept thinking it was about WMD or some meeting w/Mohammed Atta or... oh hell, what's the difference, they're Arabs!

"Poor Nick Berg. The anybody-but-Bush crowd isn't going to rush to publicize his terrible fate with anything like the zeal it brought to the abused prisoners story"

Nor are you going to be loathe to exploit this man's death to further your dreams of an American Empire. So why isn't the goverment trying to hide these photos/video?

"Yes, Virginia, there really is a gaping media double standard. News organizations will shield your tender eyes from the sight of a Berg or a Daniel Pearl being decapitated, or of Sept. 11 victims jumping to their deaths..."

Can you please tell me what planet you live on?????