All day long Hannity was yammering on — “Where’s the outrage?!…They were so angry about the abuses by our guys, but where’s the outrage now that terrorists have beheaded an American?!”
I got your outrage right here, Sean.
I’m outraged that you find any moral equivalence in comparing those hoodlum thugs to what should be the squeaky clean symbols of goodwill, peace, democracy and fair play that should be the Servicemen and Women of the United States Armed Forces.
I’m outraged that you are using this tragic event to demonstrate how “our Army isn’t nearly as bad” as Saddam and the rest of the terrorists goons who are now attacking and killing our men and women in Iraq everyday thanks to the backwards policies of your “President”.
I’m outraged that you are unable to see the clear systematic failure of the command structure in Iraq.
I’m outraged that you haven’t demanded that your “President” and his Department of Defense stop cutting corners, stop lying about how it’s going and how much money, troops and resources we really need to be sending over there to make this work and keep our people safe.
I’m outraged that you seem to imply that we should all shut up and stop criticizing those like Donald Rumsfeld and George W. Bush who are accountable for this mess…or that you would support the words of a Vice-President who deplorably tells Americans that we “should all get off his case”.
I’m outraged that you can’t see that unless actions are taken to correct these failures, such attacks by our enemies — growing in size everyday, again thanks to your “President” — will most likely become the regular course of events for decades to come. Even after your boy has long ago moved back to Crawford in shame.
I’m outraged that you would do what you accuse us of doing — putting Party before Country — as you and your fake conservative cronies have done every single day since 9/11/2001.
I’m outraged that you — after criticizing CBS for releasing the pictures of abuse at Abu Ghraib — have posted links to a live beheading on your own website.
I’m outraged that you continue to stand by a “President” that spends $200 Billion to under-fund an unnecessary war instead of spending on the needs of our own country, so that a 26 year-old boy from Pennsylvania would choose to take a job in the most dangerous place in the world, where he has no business even being, to do the work that your newly “privatized” military should be doing.
I’m outraged that you stand behind arrogant and pointless and self-destructive world-wide aggression and a “President” with an inability to heed any single piece of advice that doesn’t tell him what he already wanted to believe before he even started.
And I’m outraged that you, Sean Hannity, can’t seem to tell the difference between a bunch of backwards unaccountable bandits and a chain of command in a (theoretically) civilized country where behavior such as rape, murder, torture and sodomy with broken chemical lightbulbs is not supposed to happen. Not ever. And when it does — somebody — even if they happen to be your political friends — must be held accountable.
I’m outraged, but I’m hardly surprised.
UPDATE: The next day after posting this entry, Sean Hannity began playing the uncut audio from the Nick Berg beheading live on his national radio show. And on his many Disney owned affiliate stations to boot! God Bless America.
"The declassified documents posted today include the briefing materials and diplomatic reporting on two Rumsfeld trips to Baghdad, reports on Iraqi chemical weapons use concurrent with the Reagan administration’s decision to support Iraq, and decision directives signed by President Reagan that reveal the specific U.S. priorities for the region: preserving access to oil, expanding U.S. ability to project military power in the region, and protecting local allies from internal and external threats."
-Feb 25 2003 National Security Archive
WHERE’S THE OUTRAGE?!?
"In 1991, after the Gulf War, President Bush senior encouraged Iraqis to rise up against their leader. The Shia believed this would mean the US would back a rebellion.
But, lacking US support, a massive southern rebellion was brutally suppressed by Saddam Hussein’s cousin Ali-Hassan al-Majid – otherwise known as Chemical Ali. He was captured by American troops in 2003.
The defeat of the uprising deeply alienated the Shia."
-BBC News 3/3/03
WHERE’S THE OUTRAGE?!?
We break it, we buy it. Hussein and Al Qaeda and all this insanity was created by OUR COUNTRY. Not our goodness and love of Jesus and WalMart, but because we don’t learn lessons like ‘Don’t invade a fucking country unless you have to’