How the Marines Respond to Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan
The New York Times reports:
MARJA, Afghanistan — Twelve bodies — five children, five women and two men — were wrapped head to toe in woolen blankets, lying in a neat row on the floor of the only room remaining in a house that had been blasted to mud-brick rubble by at least one and possibly [...]
The Conscience of the New York Times
New York Times “public editor” Clark Hoyt searched the conscience of the New York Times the other day and found it wanting. (His own came up clean as a whistle, though.) Is retaining the services of Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner moral, he wondered—spurred by protests from Electronic Intifada and FAIR—when Mr. Bronner’s son, who [...]
Looking back at Gaza and ahead to Iran
Jackson Diehl of the Washington Post notices that, from Israel’s perspective, the December invasion of Gaza has proved to be a huge success. During a seven and a half period ending in December 2008, more than 4,000 rockets and more than 4,000 missile shells were fired into Israel from Gaza. They killed [...]
?May God Bless Jared Monti?
(President Barack Obama stands with Paul and Janet Monti as he posthumously awards their son,
Army Sgt. 1st. Class Jared C. Monti from Raynham, Mass., the Medal of Honor for his service in
Afghanistan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.
Official White House Photo by Pete [...]
Obama Is For Democracy, Except When He’s Not
From Obama’s presser today with Uribe:
Over the last several years, I think both Republicans and Democrats in the United States have recognized that we always want to stand with democracy, even if the results don’t always mean that the leaders of those countries are favorable to the United States — and that is a tradition [...]
