Mark Steyn on Haditha
A must-read. He writes:
A must-read. He writes:
The blog Sweetness and Light has been probably the most “on top of it” blog when it comes to writing about the controversy on what allegedly happened last November in Haditha, Iraq. They’ve done the digging and background searches on Haditha that the MSM currently is not.
Have you noticed the steady drumbeat from the media and the hardcore anti-war left with regards to the allegations of what happened at Haditha? There are harsh condemnations before the final reports have even been released, and there’s a distinct stench in the air as they leap from the condemnations to using what allegedly happened as an excuse to delegitimize the entire Iraq war.
Consider this a must-read (ST reader Baklava noted this article earlier in the comments section to another thread). Babbin, former deputy undersecretary of defense in the GHWB administration, writes:
If the reports coming out of the media from anonymous sources are true, it looks like the much-discussed Haditha incident in which a small group of US Marines allegedly killed 24 Iraqi civilians is the real deal. Via the the LA Times: