I think it is interesting how the news media at times seems to have such a double standard. Sometimes it seems that the media is quick to vilify America's own citizens for voicing opinions about Islamic terrorists, while at the same time, these terrorists are kidnapping and beheading American citizens.
One example of the media's negative treatment of America would be the way it dragged the entire U.S. military through the mud following the terrible Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Given--that was a dark day for the United States military; however, it was a horrible, one-time event, and not a daily occurrence. And while the news stations were airing "questions and concerns" about the validity of the War on Terror and America's interrogation strategies, Americans around the world were (and still are) being captured, tortured, and brutally executed at the hands of the very same Muslim terrorists that the news media was sympathizing with.
And when the Pope voices his own opinions and concerns about Islamic violence and terrorism, we see Muslims around the world rioting and fighting and bombing places. That's exactly what I'm talking about here. Does it make logical sense that so many of these Muslims react with hate and violence to the Pope saying that Islam is a religion of hate and violence? Absolutely not! And yet the global news organizations immediately begin to question the Pope's comments and say little about the terrible world-wide reaction of a great part of the Islamic community.
Why is it that some people in the media say that these foreign, psychotic murderers deserve equal treatment as American citizens, or even war criminals, when it is obvious that this is not a formal war between countries in which the Geneva Convention should apply? Our terrorist-enemies do not play fair! There can be no leveling of the playing field here. America is a moral, civilized, humanitarian nation, and these terrorists hate her and her citizens for being such. They live in a civilization that is still acting upon medieval principles. And yet, too often I hear American and British news organizations depicting America in a negative light. Excuse me?...What about all of the those cold-blooded killers who attacked our vulnerable country back in September of 2001, killed nearly 3000 of our citizens, and continues killing Americans and our allies every day across the ocean?! Why are they not depicted in a more negative light? We need to understand that terrorism is not something that is going to go away if we try to ignore it. Hopefully it won't take another attack like the one in Madrid to teach the Spanish that lesson!
NOW I AM NOT CATEGORIZING ALL FOLLOWERS OF MOHAMMED AS "TERRORISTS." NOT AT ALL! I KNOW THAT A VAST MAJORITY OF MUSLIMS ARE PEACEFUL PEOPLE. However, American news media should not be afraid to call the rightful enemy by their proper name: radical, Islamo-facist terrorist-killers. And let Christians everywhere be bold enough to stand against the spread of Islam, which traditionally is a religion of violence, and attempt to win these zealous people to Christ via the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
In conclusion, I only wish that more Muslims around the world--especially in the Middle East--would take a stand against these terrorists! Why is the War on Terror a fight between America (and allies such as Great Britain, Japan, etc.) and Islamic terrorists, and not a war between EVERY country (including Middle Eastern nations) and terrorism? And why doesn't the news media be a little more supportive of the very democracy which gives it the right to speak freely?!
Please add your thoughts, comments, questions, and disagreements. These things help make America a great democracy. Thanks!
For a great post on the Pope VS. Islam, visit my friend Casey's blog at
http://rustypth.blogspot.com
