Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Selective Outrage

That's really what it seems to boil down to. This Scott Beauchamp story has bothered me from the beginning, with neither side being able to build a rock solid case.  However, this blogger says that's not the most important point out of it all..


Scott Beauchamp and the Outrage of the Right



I talked to a veteran soldier recently, and he confirmed for me that the following story is true: "A soldier told one of the prisoners to jump off the bridge to the rocks 50 feet below. The prisoner refused, so the soldier shot him and kicked the body off the bridge. Then the soldier ordered the other prisoner to jump, and he did. This incident was our first interchange with a unit that had been under attack for some time. Later that day we received word from that outfit to [...]



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