Originally Posted by
hodgy0_2
yes, I agree wholehartedly with the statement and sentiment above, but it needs to be married with a balanced outlook.
I can't remember the exact figures but I seem to recall a rediculously low conviction rate on use of our terror laws - no wonder muslims feel persecuted
and on a related point, just this morning I was listening to Linda Norgrove parents on the radio taling about her the death.
The initial reports suggested she had a booby trapped vest on, which was then detinated by her kidnappers, when in fact she was killed by a tragic accident (I would never condemn the military in a situation like that)
but my point is, had not the worlds media (including the eyes of our PM) been all over this story I doubt the original report would have ever been questioned, and it would have gone down in history as another Muslim atrocity -- and it this continual drip drip that I worry about
It's the propaganda that you don't like, isn't it? The spin. The bullsh*t. I get that. It's a distraction from the truth and actually serves to undermine the real issues. It rather reminds me of the John Pilger documentary which, whilst highlighting some important points, didn't show the genuine joy displayed by the Shia majority in Najaf and Karbala and by the Kurds when the coalition released them from 25 years of Saddamism.
The doves and the hawks are both engaged in a battle for hearts and minds. It's hard work if you're a dove who runs out of reasons to maintain that position. Rebecca West's guide, Constantine, expresses this best in
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: "for the sake of my country, and perhaps for the sake of my soul, I have given up the deep peace of being in opposition."