Day By Day© by Chris Muir.

June 21, 2006

No Outrage to Spare for Soldiers

We all remember the outrage surrounding detainees at Abu Ghraib being photographed in kinky positions.

We all remember the outrage surrounding the charge (now disproven) of Korans being flushed down the loo at Gitmo.

We all remember the outrage surrounding the kidnapping, brutal torture and death of two American soldiers just last week.

Scratch that last one please.

Kos called the signs of torture before death "quaint." (hat tip: reverse_vampyr)

To my knowledge, neither the ACLU, Amnesty International nor the UN have called for any investigation. (We all know how quickly they react to any allegations of torture of al Qaeda detainees.)

What about Hollywood? Surely Susan Sarandon or Martin Sheen must have something to say. Or even that pseudo-celeb Cindy Sheehan. What if her son had been brutally tortured before his death?

Michelle Malkin calls the silence from the left "deafening." It's more than deafening, it's threatening to shatter my eardrums.

Groups who prattle on about the well-being of al Qaeda and other terrorist detainees in US custody couldn't give a hoot about the torture of American soldiers. Cries about the Geneva Convention when it comes to captured terrorists are noticably missing when American soldiers are kidnapped, tortured and killed. Why?

It has nothing to do with consideration for the well-being of anyone, and everything to do with working against the US, and George W. Bush in particular.

Jeff Emanuel of Town Hall:

There is no question that these two murdered soldiers, and all others lost in Iraq and elsewhere in the world, are to be mourned. Both Kristian Menchaca and Tom Tucker left behind families, friends, and other loved ones. Given that fact, and the fact that, due to an overriding love of America and belief in its ideals, they volunteered to serve their country even though they fully understood that they might one day have to make this ultimate sacrifice, it is supremely important—even necessary—that, along with a loving family, they leave behind a grateful nation. America should recognize these men as examples of the myriad heroes which make up our all-volunteer military, and should realize that, without supporting the mission the troops are doing—and the cause for which they are volunteering to give their lives, should it come to that—it is not possible to support the troops themselves. The tide has turned in the battle to win the peace in postwar Iraq, and those who have stood on the sidelines for the past three years—or, worse, who have actively worked against the cause of freedom and democracy in that nation—are dangerously close to being remembered (if they are remembered at all) not for their support of human rights, but for their self-righteous fight against them—all in the name of their hatred of America, and of George W. Bush.

Menchaca and Tucker committed the sin of being volunteer soldiers in Iraq under the command of President Bush. Therefore, no sympathy is forthcoming. Their cases are not considered human rights cases, but well-deserved deaths. Because the left will do anything they can to demoralize our troops and the American public, these men will not be the subject of outrage from either our leftwing politicians or their mouthpieces.

There is no outrage to spare because it is being wasted on those whose cases do not deserve it.

Shame.