The exchange below took place on the UK’s channel 4 News. Why didn’t Cathy Newman even attempt to respond the way a decent person should to this guy’s savagery? Perhaps she shares so much of his extreme contempt for the lives of “others” that she felt no outrage. Perhaps she was internally outraged but too cowardly – afraid of being fired or demoted – to show any sign of it. Take your pick. Either way this is about as damning an example of corporate journalism as you are likely to find.
EXCERPT:
Cathy Newman: So you’re saying ‘send in Western ground troops’ then?
Scheuer: No ma’am, I think we should back away from the whole thing. The thing was ideal when IS was advancing on Baghdad because Sunnis were killing Shias. That’s exactly what we need. We’ve proven that we’re just militarily incompetent or that the military is so shackled by its political leaders, that it can’t defeat these people. But our best hope right now is to get the Sunnis and Shias fighting each other and let them bleed each other white
Newman: There’s no hope of that happening though is there? I mean, President Obama’s talked about being involved in this war for many years.
The full creep show can be viewed here.
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This is chilling but not unprecedented. I can remember similar comments circulating during the Iran-Iraq war between 1980 and 1988.
People who really care about bigotry and terrorism should be joining hands to protest the dehumanization of Muslims, a process far more advanced and far more dangerous than the so-called anti-Semitism we hear so much about.