Posted by: Dale Franks on Friday, August 03, 2007 Sometimes, I wonder if the editors of The Nation aren't just wrong, but if they're even living on the same planet as the rest of us. Take a look at their take on the Scott Beauchamp deal. The war began on July 13, when The New Republic published a "Baghdad Diary" by "Scott Thomas," an Army private writing under a pseudonym about U.S. atrocities in Iraq. Thomas described his participation in the mockery of a female soldier disfigured by an IED, claimed he witnessed troops intentionally running over dogs in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, and alleged that another soldier played with the skulls of dead Iraqi children.Ummm, okaaay. We're kinda throwing the whole atrocities meme around pretty casually, aren't we? I mean, Scott Beauchamp wasn't writing about how his unit machine-gunned POWs, forced themselves on the local women, or blew up hospitals. Even if all his stories were absolutely true, at the end of the day, it would mean that insensitive remarks were made, remains in an old graveyard were used for a bit of sport, some stray dogs got bumped off, and a few buildings ended up with missing cornices. Mr. Beauchamp's tales may be unpleasant, but it's hardly a picture of rampaging Mongol hordes. Apparently, in these more sensitive times, the bar for "atrocity" has been set pretty low. Amusingly, they then go on to explain how Matt Sanchez's opinions should be dismissed, because of, you know, all the butt sex. |
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