Distasteful Tasks Fall to Adults
s vital in these dangerous times that we keep our wits about us and not give over control to the more limbic reactions of fear, anger, titillation and revulsion. Our lives depend on our continuing ability to focus clear thought backed by facts and well-sifted evidence on the issues and occurrences before us. Vis the discussion at EV, snooze button dreams, More by Kate and Paul at WizBang, and One Fine Jay. I know there are more; post a comment if I missed something good. What occurs to me is: This is the blogosphere -- we don't hafta vote on it. I'm sure there are any number of MEs, MDs, EMTs, and other experienced professionals who can give more definitive opinions on the amount of blood showing in the video of the execution and whether or not it is reasonable to believe that Mr Berg was already dead at the time. C'mon, y'all; speak up, please. There are also any number of video professionals available in the blogosphere to give educated opinions as to the change in time stamp on the video. Apparently there are two: one a leap forward by 12 hours and one a leap back to the original time frame. [yes, I *am* declining to watch the video. cluck cluck.] It seems that the FBI was satisfied that the way Mr Berg's password was obtained by the WTC-19 was coincidental/accidental. Ok by me. The fact that Mr Berg had reading matter in his possession that pertains to the hot-n-heavy issues of the region in which he was traveling seems natural to me. I would have had the same. The same with his refusal of offered American aid to return to the States: he had stated his intention to work in Iraq and, as his history indicates, he was the kind-o'-guy who likes to be where things are hot and happening. Makes sense to me, and I am open to hearing other, fact-based interpretations. More to come. What I am sure of is that it i necessary to put aside our reactions and focus clearly on what actually happened. Kate's theory that this incident is al-Zarqawi's method of creating a sectarian conflict between his faction and that of bin-Laden is worth clear consideration. If that is so, we must grow many new eyes with which to check our sixes. . UUPDATE: you gotta read this for the flavor of a whole 'nuther way of looking at the world... Zarqawi's letter about the Mess o' Potamia.
Posted by Claire on 05/15 at 08:01 AM
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