Monday, December 05, 2005
PLUMBING EVEN FURTHER INTO THE ABSOLUTE DEPTHS
As Hugh Hewitt and other bloggers have noted: Can you imagine WW2-era American journalism giving such sympathetic coverage to the Nuremberg defendants and their fans? "Unreconstructed Nazis cheered by Goering defiance." "Resistance of lynching defendants heartens Klan rank and file."
Saddam's Outbursts Well-Received by Some
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Watching the Saddam Hussein trial at home on television, Jinan Mushrif said she got chills of pride Monday when she saw the ousted leader and a co-defendant chant, "Long live Iraq, long live the Arab state."
"These are the real men of Iraq, not those who hide behind their bodyguards," the 49-year-old Baghdad housewife said with a laugh.
Saddam's repeated outbursts at the third session of his trial on charges of mass murder found a receptive audience among some Sunni Arabs, tapping into Sunni resentment of the new order in Iraq, in which their once-ruling minority community is now dominated by the Shiite Muslim majority and the Kurds.
As Hugh Hewitt and other bloggers have noted: Can you imagine WW2-era American journalism giving such sympathetic coverage to the Nuremberg defendants and their fans? "Unreconstructed Nazis cheered by Goering defiance." "Resistance of lynching defendants heartens Klan rank and file."
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