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July 13, 2005

The Fire Brigade and the Fire

A suicide bomber today in Iraq detonated his car bomb in the midst of children who had come to talk and get candy from US soldiers. The media are shocked. Apparently, this is only because they do not want to remember that this has happened before. This is not a time for neutrality between the fire brigade and the fire; this is a time to name our enemy, to call them out for what they are. The difference in this war is that the Japanese and German soldiers were by and large innocent; it was their political leadership and a particular few soldiers that were responsible for the inhuman parts of their behavior. In contrast, our enemy today are monsters.

For a normal person not to realize that is problematic but understandable; a large number of people in the US can't even name the Vice President. But for the media to not understand this is inexcusable: it is willful blindness, or taking the side of the enemy. It cannot be claimed to be ignorance.

UPDATE: Joe Katzman is thinking along similar lines.

Posted by jeff at July 13, 2005 4:28 PM

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I hope, I pray, that there is a Hell or some kind of eternal torment and that the bastards who are doing this get to feel pain unimaginable by the human mind for days without end. If I hadn't already been a religious man, I would be now. I cannot, will not, believe that there is no punishment other than death itself for these monsters. There is no suffering too great for their worthless souls. I hope they burn in Hell!

I wish I had something more insightful to say, but I look at the picture you linked of the soldier holding the little girl who was killed in a suicide bombing. I think of the children murdered today, innocent little kids just looking for candy and having a good time. I think of all the children I've been around in my life. What could posess anyone to do this?

Dear God in Heaven, help us all.

Posted by: Brian at July 14, 2005 12:08 AM