[antimedia] antimedia: What's wrong with the media coverage....

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What's wrong with the media coverage....
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   ....of Iraq? [1]This.

     The enemy follows different rules. Any attempt to explain the fate
     of two of our soldiers who were captured by terrorists in 2006
     south of Baghdad would defy decency. It should suffice as coda that
     the enemy rigged their tortured and mutilated bodies with
     explosives. CSM Mellinger said that Iraqi forces had just caught
     one of the perpetrators and handed him over to our people. I asked
     if we were going to turn him back over to the Iraqis. The CSM said
     firmly, âWe donât give back people who kill Coalition Forces.â
     Then he told me a story about a courageous and respected Iraqi
     commander whoâd accompanied his patrols all over Iraq for nearly a
     year. When the dead body of this same Iraqi commander was brought
     into the morgue, doctors found gruesome signs of torture. His legs
     were beaten by planks of wood. A drill had been used to bore holes
     into all of his ribs, his elbows, his knees, and into his head.
     Doctors estimated the man endured this torture for days. Apparently
     when the fun was over, or theyâd extracted what they needed, or the
     terrorists were worried about being discovered, or they had another
     victim waiting for their attentions, they shot him. CSM Mellinger,
     with just a momentary flash of anger in his eyes, said the Iraqi
     forces know who did this, and itâs only a matter of time. But time
     bends when every day in Iraq brings with it a hundred new stories
     of murder, torture and bodies scattered by bombs.

   If you're not reading blogs like this one, you will never have heard
   this story. But the "torture" at Abu Ghraib? Headline international
   news for weeks. The "torture" at Guantanamo? The constant subject of
   discussion for years. The mishandling of a Koran? An outrage!
   Torture with an electric drill? Silence.

     This does not look like a big or intense war to people at home. It
     doesnât look like that because we have so few troops actually in
     combat. But for those who are truly fighting, this is a brutal
     death match where every mistake can get them killed, or make
     worldwide headlines. Yet when the enemy drills out eyes or tortures
     people with acid, it never resonates.
     There is an explanation for why when some of these young soldiers
     and Marines go home and people are trying to talk with them they
     might be caught silently staring out a window. Many people back
     home seem to think they have an idea what is happening here, but
     most do not. And nobody is here to tell the story of our people in
     this war.

   The media doesn't care. It's that simple. They don't care. They're not
   interested in the truth.
   So the brutality of the enemy is hidden from view while every
   indiscretion of our military is amplified and exaggerated as if we
   were monsters. It's no wonder that Americans get discouraged and think
   the battle isn't worth it.
   One thing is certain. If the monsters come to America, the media will
   no longer be able to hide their evil.

References

   1. http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/walking-the-line-2007-2.htm