Don't give insurgents so much attentionFirst of all, how many insugents--just ballpark it here--how many insurgents subscribe to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel? Do you really think they wake up in the morning and, between "Marmaduke" and Stuart Carlson they find pictures of their martyr friends to cut out and post on the refrigerator?
Why do the media always report the actions of the insurgents with prominent stories and pictures? These usually are found on the first two pages of the newspaper. Some TV footage even shows the celebration of their victories with weapons being brandished, high above their heads, in defiance of U.N. forces.
Don't media officials think that these exposés make perfect recruitment posters for the enemy? Enemies can say, "Look what one martyr can do! You can be great, too, for Allah!"
I know that it's important to get the public the facts. However I think it's a dishonor to our forces to give the enemy that much attention. I'm speaking as a veteran of World War II.
H*** R***
Brown Deer
Okay, okay, I could imagine that the insurgents get FOX News over the satellite--I mean, dogmatic fundamentalism is dogmatic fundamentalism everywhere, no? But they're not watching the channel 6 news at ten and cheering every time Alison Gilman describes systematic, organized, synchronized car bombings.
Get a grip, Mr. H. R. I respect and thank you for your service during WWII, but there's no way you could claim that the Allies' victory was that much easier because there weren't pictures of dancing Nazis on the front pages. And the insurgents, unlike Tinkerbell, aren't going to disappear if we stop believing in them. We deserve honest news from the front, and if it makes you uncomfortable to know that US policies result in daily deaths of US troops and dozens of Iraqi civillians, then don't blame the messenger. Direct your anger where it belongs.
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