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...
Top Opinion
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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!!!
His body is limp but in this picture his head is held up. That could mean nothing or that he was still alive. We know he was dead or near dead when he reached the hospital.
He had severe internal bleeding. Nobama would never allow us to see the autopsy reports, we have to get them from overseas news sties!
If you seek truth, than look for them and not be spoon fed.
It is Hillary's policy that she advocated for the past two years. Can't blame this one on Bush or Romney although the news media and the left are trying hard to make it Romney failure! NOT!!!
They should not show the pictures in the news here as it serves no good purpose.
IF it helps to show the reality of the situation then so be it.
That being said, I don't trust them to be honest enough to do that and a picture says a million words. This one leaves me torn.
Second the pictures do not show a mob dragging him through the streets. They are ambiguous on this point and could very well show him being carried to a hospital as is claimed.
The pictures are important evidence of what really happened and should be shown.
However thee importance here is doesn't show a beating. It can be interpreted as a picture of someone being pulled from a fire in an attempt to save them. It also appears Stevens is still alive.
We have cowards running our lives. And yet they still want to control other countries in an effort to increase the profits they will enjoy.
Does 'GREED' enter into your life in any form? (not you in particular Stevern..., SH'ers in general)
I'm still waiting, for the satisfaction of seeing Osama bin Laden's body!
I'm surprised anyone would want to honestly. Does dignity mean nothing?
Now because of our Dem Muslim Brothers love of hating US, and because many Dem voters have the memories of goldfish, the bodies have to be shown.
And keep playing the video of the muslims saying, "you make us mad, we kill you."
Even if they do show the bodies they won't tell all about what those poor bastards endured.