Haditha Massacre: Media and Terrorist Hoax?
By Sher Zieve | August 16, 2007

To large portions of the worldwide media and a growing radical leftist faction within the United States Congress, the U.S. Military can do nothing right and the terrorists can do no wrong.

As charges against U.S. Marines - regarding an apparent fabrication of the “Haditha massacre” - continue to be proved false and based upon unsubstantiated “evidence,” only some of the leftist media appear to be standing by their original spin on the story. This media’s bent was based upon their proposition that the Islamist terrorists were telling the truth that the accused Marines were guilty of murder. Of note is that this twisted account was picked up by leftist members of the U.S. Congress - including former Marine and House Rep. Jack Murtha (D-PA) - who helped their media spread the poison. Based upon no evidence at all, Murtha said that the accused Marines had “killed innocent civilians in cold blood” and “I know there was a cover-up someplace!”

Neither of these ill-advised statements has proven to be true. In fact, they have been confirmed to have been bogus. But, it didn’t matter as the “we hate the U.S. Military and will say anything we want about it” crowd was in fine form and - with no evidence whatsoever - had already begun its renewed campaign against U.S. soldiers. This same group also strongly implied these soldiers were murderers; a charge that has now shown to be both unwarranted and patently false.

Note: To large portions of the worldwide media and a growing radical leftist faction within the United States Congress, the U.S. Military can do nothing right and the terrorists can do no wrong.

The AP reports that one of the hearing officers, Lt. Col. Paul Ware, “said murder charges brought against Sharratt were based on unreliable witness accounts, poor forensic evidence and questionable legal theories.” In an 18-page report, Ware wrote: “The government version is unsupported by independent evidence. To believe the government version of facts is to disregard clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.”

Charges against the Marines are in the process of being dropped. However, to date there has not been even a hint of a slight apology from those who blatantly and unconscionably accused these Marines of murder - including accusatory members of the Democrat-run U.S. Congress. Instead, against even one of their own liberal think tanks - the Brookings Institution with its NY Times article “A War We Just Might Win” - Democrat leaders (specifically Sen. Harry Reid D-NV) have not rescinded their statements that the U.S. has “already lost the war.”

Note: Even in the face of overwhelming facts to the contrary, leftists refuse to back off from their talking points. And, even elected Democrat officials refuse to apologize to those soldiers who fight and die to protect these same officials and their right to vilify them. These are revolting behaviors from those electees who should know better.

So, the liberal/leftist press, with very few exceptions, is not even bothering to report on the discovery that the Marines were, indeed, wrongly accused. After all, in the minds of the liberal media, the wrong side has been exonerated! Of those pieces that are being written of the vindications, they are short and included in the back sections of most publications. Whereas, when the fake “massacre” reports were initially carried by these same publications they were included on the front page. This is the prime example of ‘absolute power - this time of the press - tending to corrupt absolutely’. While our courageous troops protect even these corrupted individuals, the same corruptees hide behind one another while continuing to malign, denigrate and degrade their protectors. This is not only the mark of childish bullying behavior but, the essence of weak-mindedness. This is what liberalism and the tenets of the Left breed; dishonor, cowardice and abject stupidity. But, the honor and intelligence of our fighting men and women will prevail. However, sadly and apparently permanently, so will the contradictory pillars of the Left continue to exist.

Then again, without the presence of evil, how would the rest of us recognize good? www.aim.org/guest_column/5689_0_6_0_C/

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