Slain US ambassador Stevens a Courageous and Humble Envoy to Arabs: Should Media Show Pictures of Ambassador's Body?
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2012/09/13 19:00:00
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Islamic supremacists murdered American Ambassador Chris Stevens in Benghazi, Libya. Ambassador Stevens risked his life to help the people of Libya form a better country, to protect their rights, to stabilize their nation, and generally improve their lives. They returned his kindness with murder and possibly torture before his death (according to recent reports.)
Pictures of Stevens' beaten and bloody body dragged by a Libya mob have circulated. It sickens me to see his body intentionally humiliated by the enemy of Western civilization. The alleged worshipers of the religion of peace brutally murdered him and want to use his corpse as propaganda in the war against our values. They want to intimidate us and undermine our values.
On the other hand, the media has the responsibility to show the truth. They have the job to inform -- not cast judgment or censor themselves too much. Showing the pictures helps Westerners know the evil that our enemy (the radical Islamic supremacists) possesses. It demonstrates the extreme measures they will use to defeat us. They do not want peace. They would not accept our surrender: only conversion to Islam or death. They seek to destroy, not build.
Should the news media show the pictures of Ambassador's Stevens' dead body? Does it help Western values? Does it hurt the dignity of Chris Stevens? The Stevens family? Does it undermine America's strength and aid the enemy?
Note: These Islamic supremacists don't represent all Muslims. We all know that. I shouldn't have to write it, but I know many Muslim sympathizers will rush to protect the good people/side of Islam before the Muslims themselves will condemn the evil radicals that murder in the name of their religion. With over 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, the good Muslims must fight the radical element. If the fringe amounted to only 1%, that would still amount to 16 million radicals.
WASHINGTONPOST.COM reports:
Pictures of Stevens' beaten and bloody body dragged by a Libya mob have circulated. It sickens me to see his body intentionally humiliated by the enemy of Western civilization. The alleged worshipers of the religion of peace brutally murdered him and want to use his corpse as propaganda in the war against our values. They want to intimidate us and undermine our values.
On the other hand, the media has the responsibility to show the truth. They have the job to inform -- not cast judgment or censor themselves too much. Showing the pictures helps Westerners know the evil that our enemy (the radical Islamic supremacists) possesses. It demonstrates the extreme measures they will use to defeat us. They do not want peace. They would not accept our surrender: only conversion to Islam or death. They seek to destroy, not build.
Should the news media show the pictures of Ambassador's Stevens' dead body? Does it help Western values? Does it hurt the dignity of Chris Stevens? The Stevens family? Does it undermine America's strength and aid the enemy?
Note: These Islamic supremacists don't represent all Muslims. We all know that. I shouldn't have to write it, but I know many Muslim sympathizers will rush to protect the good people/side of Islam before the Muslims themselves will condemn the evil radicals that murder in the name of their religion. With over 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, the good Muslims must fight the radical element. If the fringe amounted to only 1%, that would still amount to 16 million radicals.
WASHINGTONPOST.COM reports:
At the height of Libya’s civil war, Chris Stevens dashed off to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi by cargo boat to help shape an assortment of Libyan politicians and militias into the cohesive unit that would defeat Moammar Gadhafi. A year-and-a-half later, the 52-year-old ambassador died as Islamists attacked a U.S. Consulate in the same city.
Read More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-secur...
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sickofpolitics 2012/09/13 19:03:13Yes, there's truth in reporting
+15That might wake up the idiots and supporters of the Fraud in Chief. This is what happenss when you support savages!!!
Chicken diplomacy started after the Viet Nam war. Before anyone yells at me, please, please, please tell me you truly understand the way the North Vietnamese fought that war. It was beyond horrible. Ho Chi Minh and his generals were horrible...They killed politicians and teachers and their wives and their children in the night. If you didn't believe in the take over or were sympathetic to America or spoke out against these executions, you were executed. Not the way Americans fight. We learned. We were winning...until...We quit bombing the piss out of them before they stopped these executions...They "won." The world now knows how to beat us. Sustained, non-discriminatory terrorism.
How many of our unalienable rights are you willing to give up?
People need to learn what barbaric animals the people that committed these acts truly are!
Shaking my head in disbelief. It's no wonder our country is so screwed up.
This country is turning more and more like a police state every day because people are willing to give up their unalienable rights.
Over half a million brave souls paid the "ultimate price" to secure them for us. Show them some respect.
Freedom of speech, press, assembly & religion are all listed in the First Amendment). Have you ever even read it? Your answer above seems to show a bit of ignorance on your part.
First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Now, where in the world did you see something I wrote that did not show respect for our military? Are you confusing me with someone else, maybe? My daughter, son-in-law, 3 nephews, & 1 niece are currently deployed overseas. Two of my 4 brothers, & 3 uncles, served in the military. My dad & two of his 7 brothers died as a result of the Korean War & WWII, respectively. My mother's twin brother died on a ship in the Pacific during WWII. I'm a Freedom Rider & member of the Tea Party, & a friend of several Navy Seal snipers. Why in the world would I insult the military? I'll wait for your answer (it better be a good one) ....
If it bleeds, it leads. If it burns, it earns.
On the other hand, we as Americans need to be offended by this. We need to see what actually happens in their culture (at times).
90% of Benghazians hold a favorable opinion of the US, by the way. You really want to alienate our only Arab ally?