I am Disgusted

Al Qaeda has released gruesome footage of their slaying of the two soldiers last month in Iraq and has stated this was done in retaliation for the crimes that had been commented in Iraq. Who the hell made al Qaeda the judge, jury and executioner for the US Military and where does the media get the impression that America should not be outraged at this turn of events?

This morning I read every story that I could possible find, including anything on BBC and Arab affiliates, all the same coverage, different slant. I did not locate one article in the US media where the reporter was showing any outrage at this atrocity against human lives and the murders of two of our soldiers. This is exactly what this is too, murder, pure and simple, not a war death born out of two armies attacking one another on the field of battle, but the kidnapping and murder of two human beings, American human beings.

In the past, I have questioned the response in America to the murder of the three soldiers and specifically the desecration of the bodies of the two servicemen by the hands of the insurgents, now discovered to be yet again, al Qaeda. I have posed the same questions time and time again, where is the outrage at the murder of our soldiers? Where is the battle cry for revenge? Not within the publications or bylines of any media or reporter, that is for certain, and the coverage of this latest release by al Qaeda slants to this being an event that is not an outrage, but something that is justified. No, I did not read these exact words published by one American reporter, but the message is there, hidden in the lack of outrage and the lack of a call to arms.

I am sickened by this and it just leads to additional questions, which I am not going to ask at this time as the blog could take up a few thousand words. I am going to state that the media as well as various factors of our country has passed the line of common sense long ago. I am going to state that I am sure there are some factions within this country that will read this report and feel it is not only justified, but the lives reportedly taken by a few of our military in an act of vengeance are now justified by the murder of three soldiers totally unrelated to that incident. The individuals who reportedly were involved in that reported crime were arrested and pending trial for their actions. This is how we as Americans conduct lawful investigations and subsequent trials should cause be warranted, not by other groups we are at war with conducting their own executions.

As an American citizen, I want revenge for these murders. I want these participating al Qaeda members brought to justice or justice brought to them, either way. As an American citizen, I am outraged and infuriated by the murder and desecration of our soldiers and I am saddened by the lack of outrage within this country. I am sickened by the lack of outrage by our reporters and I am sickened by the events, as they are presently unfolding.

We as Americans must put a stop to these actions; we can do this by letter writing to the newspapers, magazines and television stations as well as a constant outcry of our disgust. We need to do something before it is too late, or perhaps we have already lost the cause on this, perhaps this is how America has become, perhaps it is far too late.