Jan 17, 2009

No collateral damage from suicide bombers! Really?

As I watch CNN coverage of the Israel/Gaza conflict (or the "Israeli incursion into Gaza," as some reporters like to refer to it), I notice that every report emphasizes the number of women or children who were injured or killed...

"...dozens of women and children were killed in the blast..."

"...Ahmed is mourning his two wives and three children who were sleeping in the house when it was decimated by Israeli forces..."

Nasty shit.

Quick question: Pay attention to the next reports of suicide bombers in Iraq or Afghanistan. How often do you hear any reference to the number of women and children killed by a Muslim extremist suicide bomber. 

Answer: Almost never. Don't believe me? Check it out.

Don't get me wrong. I'm nowhere near pro-Israel. I have a very difficult time mustering sympathy for either side in the conflict. The way the American media sympathizes with the side that has no respect for the rights that are supposedly closest to the hearts of Americans is sickening.