Do you or do you not?

[Kevin]

Originally posted by moe.ron
Do you or do you not condemn unconditionally and absolutely the Abu Gharib Prison tortures/murders/rape?

Do you or do you not condemn unconditionally and absolutely the beheading of Nick Berg?

I condemn unconditionally, absolutely, without any reservation both vile acts.

What the soldiers did in that prison was idiotic. I hope they get locked up for a long time.

The beheading of Mr. Berg was, however, a far worse crime (someone died).

The way the arab media has reportedly treated both events is interesting. To them, these things were just side notes, they're still more interested in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

The way some propagandists in Iraq have been successful getting their message accross in spite of people on TV hacking someone's neck off while singing "God is great" proves one thing to me -- we can never win the PR battle with some folks over there. We could give someone money, food, a safe place to live, etc.. the moment we turn our collective backs, we'd find a knife there.