Reichwing pundits blame Women, Muslims,Universities for Abu Ghraib torture

[Sandpiper]

Women

Ann Coulter, right-wing pundit and syndicated columnist, said:

I think the other point that no one is making about the abuse photos is just the disproportionate number of women involved, including a girl general running the entire operation.

I mean, this is lesson, you know, one million and 47 on why women shouldn't be in the military. In addition to not being able to carry even a medium-sized backpack, women are too vicious.



Muslims

Cal Thomas, syndicated columnist and host of FOX News Channel's After Hours with Cal Thomas, wrote:

Some Arab commentators are repeating the myth that the West has, once again, humiliated Muslims. If there has been humiliation, it isn't the fault of the West. It is Muslims' fault. They took trillions of dollars in oil money, and instead of building a culture dedicated to elevating their people, including women, they have squandered it on agendas and adventures that had the opposite result.



The Academic Left

James Taranto, editor of The Wall Street Journal's OpinionJournal.com,
he New York Times profiles some of the soldiers implicated in abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib, and to be honest, they sound like a bunch of losers. ...

ncreasing the quality of military recruits would probably help avoid future Abu Ghraibs. One constructive step toward that end would be for elite universities to drop antimilitary policies, so that the military would have an easier time signing up the best and brightest young Americans.

Many academic institutions have barred ROTC or military recruiters from campus for left-wing political reasons--first as a protest against the Vietnam War, and later over the Clinton-era "don't ask, don't tell" law. Whatever the merits of these positions, it's time the academic left showed some patriotic responsibility and acknowledged that the defense of the country--which includes the defense of their own academic freedom--is more important than the issue du jour.



http://mediamatters.org/items/200405070003

[htuttle]

1. To summarize:

"Now look what you made me do!"

[progressivebydesign]

2. How would Ann Coulter know anything about being a woman? N/T

[Doctor Smith]

4. She does know about vicious, though.

[AP]

3. Standard Operational Procedure: it's everybody's fault except Bush's

and it's always the fault of some minority, immigrant, a women, or of "knowledge."

[izzie]

5. I am glad Ann can see that women have finally come into their own

I am so glad to know if we get women out of the service we will be able to go back to times before this when nothing like this ever happened.