Friday, February 18, 2005

Bastards!

Terrorists decide to load up an ambulance full of explosives in order to drive it into an unsuspecting crowd. We've seen numerous reports of terrorists who use ambulances and even UN vehicles as cover for their terror operations. That's not the part that got me.

The terrorists put their exploits on tape.
So many on the Left seem to think that the enemy is a figment of a crazed-right-wing-maniac's authoritarian imagination. But, perhaps--just perhaps--the real problem lies in the Left's inability to see an enemy even when the enemy appears on television, explains that he wants to kill us and then proceeds to commit a war crime, all on tape.

To coin a phrase: we have met the enemy, and he is not us.
And al Jazeera thought this was newsworthy and put it on its website. Apparently, anyone who wants to be a good little jihadi can put together one of these snuff videos and submit them to al Jazeera for broadcast. Is al Jazeera cheerleading the jihad or is it just recording the jihad in progress - you decide. There are more than a few times when it looks like they're cheerleading, and that's definitely troubling.

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