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Covering the Front and Back Pages of the Newspaper
November 19, 2004
POLITICS/WAR: Links 11/19/04
Inside the building, U.S. soldiers found documents, old computers, notebooks, photographs and copies of the Quran. *While what he did may well have been wrong, I'm loath to sit in judgment of the Marine who shot what appears to be a wounded and non-threatening sniper in Fallujah. I believe very, very strongly that a man who wears the uniform is entitled to the benefit of every doubt. But Dale Franks explains why sometimes soldiers have to be punished for reasons that have nothing to do with justice and everything to do with discipline. *NZ Bear reminds us that we still need a loyal opposition. *Kevin Drum notes that the exit polls always overestimate support for the Democrats. *What are these "morals" you speak of? *Caroline Glick of the Jerusalem Post on the centrality of corruption to Arafatistan. Jeff Jacoby, of course, had the definitive Arafat post-mortem:
*How the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign made better use of email than the Democrats. Comments
Franks is right that the military needs to maintain discipline in order to function. Having said that, I believe the military after reviewing this situation in its totality he will be exonerated. But even if he isn't, the old rule of "better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6" comes into play. Posted by: LargeBill at November 19, 2004 08:49 AMCheck out Jacoby's follow up citing an excellent essay on the differences between Judaism & Christianity re hate. Posted by: guy incognito at November 23, 2004 12:00 PMPost a comment
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