John Moore | May 10, 2004
[Welcome Instapundit Readers. I have added to the comments section one other issue mentioned previously on Roger's blog but missing here. It'll be a few comments down.]
This article was written as a comment on Roger Simon’s outstanding blog.
My reaction to the prisoner abuse is that perhaps we are not qualified to win this war.
Even the [...]
John Moore | May 8, 2004
I am shocked that nobody asked: “Should the pictures have been aired?”
Journalists have a first amendment right not to face prior restraint. With this comes a duty to behave as responsible citizens.
In the case of this story, the release of the pictures was irresponsible. Americans will die because of that action, and 60 Minutes II must have known that. The journalistic watchdog function could have been performed in this case without showing the photos, some of which will appear on terrorist recruiting posters and web sites for decades. Of course, it wouldn’t have provided nearly as juicy a scandal, but it might have saved many American lives. Waiting two weeks was not enough.
John Moore | May 6, 2004
The Context for Analysis
The most important fact in examining this issue is that we are at war. Many of us believe, with good reason, that this war is as dangerous to our country as any war we have fought in the last 100 years. Furthermore, the key in this war is changing the minds of [...]
John Moore | May 5, 2004
People from Roger Simon’s blog and commenters community liked the following piece, which first appeared there as a comment, and it was suggested that I post it here. The piece was written in a stream-of-consciousness effort, with no time for editing or review, and I was shocked to find the number of spelling errors. [...]
John Moore | May 4, 2004
Fox News – breaking live – relayed by Command Post:
Steve Harrigan is reporting live from a major operation in Karbala aginst the Sadr (Shia) forces. The coalition forces (three country’s forces are involved) are using Bradleys, tanks, helicopters and AC-130s. Some enemy troops have already surrendered. Substantial heavy weapons fire is audible from Apaches and [...]
John Moore | May 3, 2004
Kerry Update: His Vietnam Commanders all against him; accused of treason by a former POW and Senator; is engaged in coverups of his service status during anti-war years and of his presence at meeting where assassinations were discussed.
John Moore | May 3, 2004
While the media has ignored it, Cuba has the third largest biotechnology industry in the world, making it a significant potential biological warfare threat. It also has a highly dangerous leader. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Fidel Castro tried to persuade the Russians to launch Cuban-based nuclear-armed missiles at the United States [note 1]. [...]
John Moore | May 2, 2004
Fox News will read it’s own list next weekend, in response to Ted Koppel’s disgusting climbing on the coffins of those killed in the Iraq theater of battle. Koppel’s actions were clearly meant to delegitimatize that war, by showing only its cost in lives, not showing the cost of Afghanistan, and not mentioning any [...]
John Moore | May 2, 2004
This article is a response to an article by Sam at Hammorabi blog.
Sam,
Every totalitarian dictatorship has a central party which people must be members of to hold responsible positions in society and positions necessary for a society to function. Those regimes also try to cause all members have “dirty hands” in order to insure their [...]
John Moore | May 1, 2004
Ted Koppel’s choice to read the names of the Iraq war dead was clearly a partisan attempt to damage the American will to continue that effort. This is made obvious by Koppel’s focus on Iraq but not Afghanistan. We have dead from both, but he chose to dramatize Iraq.
Ted Koppel pretends to be reporter and [...]