The G Word - Redux

Nice to see Howard Kurtz finally get around to addressing the issue raised by Herr Schultz of the 'human rights' organization known as Amnesty International. I addressed the issue before, but why did I just put 'human rights' in quotations? Simple.

Because I can and it might get someone to take notice of my blog. But that isn't enough, so I'm going to have to say something even more provocative. How about this then - Amnesty International willingly looks the other way as millions suffer in silence in North Korea because they've been bought off by the likes of George Soros and a crowd of anti-Americans. That is, they are enemies of the US.

Now, that's much better. I might even get booked on CNN for it.

Can I prove it? Well, not exactly. There's plenty of circumstantial evidence. Soros is extremely rich, but I can't necessarily pin any donations to AI from him or his organizations. AI's own report on North Korea was pretty slim, and minimized the mass starvation, death, and imprisonment of North Koreans at the hands of a corrupt and brutal dictator.

Well, you might argue that is poor logic on my part, and you know what? You would be right.

So why don't we all slam Amnesty International for doing that as well. AI used 'gulag' not because the facts supported the use of the word. They don't. AI admits as much.

They said it because it got them on Fox and the other networks to spread their anti-American messages.

I'll let Mr. Kurtz continue:

Excuse me, but did Schulz say that it's okay to unleash words like "gulag," even if it's not an "exact or literal analogy," because it gets him booked on Fox News? Is that the new standard? Yes, Chris, I called the president a war criminal because it was the only way I could get on Hardball?

The has produced a rare moment of editorial-page agreement between D.C.'s two top papers. The Washington Post: "Turning a report on prisoner detention into another excuse for Bush-bashing or America-bashing undermines Amnesty's legitimate criticisms of U.S. policies and weakens the force of its investigations of prison systems in closed societies."

The Washington Times: "There are no defensible comparisons between Guantanamo, or any other U.S. detention center, and the gulag, and the sooner that Amnesty apologizes the better. . . . The tragedy here is that the world needs credible organizations ready to hold governments accountable for human rights abuses. Amnesty International used to be just such an organization. But how will it be able to denounce the real monsters of the world, if now they can just point to the United States as the ultimate abuser of human rights? By waving the bloody shirt, it will be a long time before Amnesty can be trusted again."