As we all know, everybody who stands accused in this country is presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law. As a legal matter, we are required to assume the Sheikh may in fact be an innocent religio-political figure caught up somehow in a police / military dragnet that may have targeted him erroneously, or that there may be some procedural defect in his arrest or detention that results in his being found not guilty. The law presumes innocence until shown otherwise by the prosecutor and police and we would do well to remember that we enjoy those rights too, no matter how benighted we may be, should the results of the trial fail to please us.
That said, I believe that this morning's New York Post captures the feelings of many Americans more accurately than you will see it captured anywhere else.
Say what you will about the unapolagetically tabloid NY Post: there are times when their headline editors sum up a situation better than anybody else on earth. I wish I could be half that direct and concise.
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You say "direct" and "concise." I say undignified pandering to the still-raw emotions of the region. Either way, it is what it is. That paper is just weird.
Yeah, I guess it's pretty horrible of a newspaper to reflect the biases of its readership. Ideally, a media outlet should be objective and impartial, right? Like the NY Times or MSNBC...
Hope all is well with you Jim.
Personally I hope they drop this guy off in one of the more Patriotic sections of the prison. He'll be dreaming of the good old days at Guantanamo.
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