Terrorists beheaded two Americans in Iraq this past week. On Tuesday, terrorists posted a video of them decapitating Eugene Armstrong. A day later, officials confirmed that Jack Hensley's headless body had been found in Iraq.
A year ago, this would have been the story for the better part of a week. Now, the media and the American public react to the beheadings as if they are pedestrian occurences. Where's the outrage? The idea that we've become so desensitized to beheadings that they compete for media attention with the Scott Peterson murder trial, Britney's faux marriage, and Rathergate is sad.
The murderers who beheaded these men have demanded that all Iraqi women be released from occupation jails. Since there are only two Iraqi women in custody and none in the jails cited by the kidnappers, and since the terrorists killed two of the three hostages before a response to their demands could be made, a disturbing conclusion must be drawn: the terrorists loyal to Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi commit acts of barbarism not out of the desire to fulfill any aim but out of the enjoyment of carrying out gruesome methods.
"Now, the media and the American public react to the beheadings as if they are pedestrian occurences. Where's the outrage?"
Except for the media (which I will not try to explain), I think the outrage has given way to stoic resolve to get even.
When are we going to wake up and admit that these "people" are sub-human savages, and treat them as such? You don't try to reason with a rabid dog, you put a bullet in its head. And what about those people in Iraq who know where these vermin are hiding but won't come forward with the info? Maybe they'll cough up the kidnappers if we threaten to level a couple of their cities?
Because any threat to level a city would be an empty one. We have proved numerous times that we will treat the Iraqis only with kid gloves.
Americans are too worried about incarcerated Iraqi criminals that have underwear put on their heads to worry about a few people being beheaded.
Crazy baby.
It was obvious from the start that the terrorists's demands were purely for show. Since when does Islam show such tender concern for women?
