Comments on: Newsweek Reporter Confesses In Iran

By: beautyofreason

beautyofreason — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:00:25 +0000

Thank you, neocon mom. That was a beautiful article, though painful to read. The left brings out its anti-American roots each time they defend Islamic murderers as “freedom fighters” and victims of Western “imperialism” in their relativistic, multicultural point of view. In their mind evil is just a concept that wavers in every cultural and religious context. Terrorism is supposedly justifiable if it is a response to the West, and sanctified by a cultural or religious framework (especially in Islam). The liberals keep an anthropological distance in everything – no value is absolute.

The world seems upside down these days and I hate to read the news because it is depressing. Articles such as the one you posted help me to stay optimistic. Thank you.

By: neocon mom

neocon mom — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:04:19 +0000

I think he won’t be subjected to the worst that Iranian detention has to offer. They are making an example of him. If they call attention to him then they’ll probably release him in one piece, kind of like what they did with Sabieri. He’ll gladly never set foot in Iran again, it will have the intended effect on Newsweek, which will never attempt to make Iran look bad in print again (Fareed Zakaria is already a top notch apologist for Islamists.)

Anytime I see a western journalist detained by Islamic fundamentalists is a good occasion to recall the life of Daniel Pearl and this piece by his father in the WSJ:
http://online.wsj.com/article/.....41893.html

By: MinnesotaRush

MinnesotaRush — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:07:54 +0000

Do ya s’pose he’ll be able to ‘keep his head’??? With all the pressure ya’ know.

In actuality, God bless them and their families. Their current situation could become very ‘tentative’(???).

By: Reality Bytes

Reality Bytes — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:31:52 +0000

Gasp! What about the Geneva Conventions?!

Is it me or were these conventions, the ones in Geneva, filled with diplomats & strippers tossing water filled condoms out hotel windows, cause from where I sit they don’t seem to be taken very seriously anymore & probably weren’t then either.

By: tranquil.night

tranquil.night — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:17:05 +0000

From the horses mouth, what happens when journalism becomes about reporting a premise rather than reporting the truth? Epic fail.

By: pdsand

pdsand — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:11:37 +0000

He told the truth, he was just talking about Newsweek’s subvervise activities in the U.S., not Iran.

By: GetBackJack

GetBackJack — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:52:28 +0000

Well, gee … he was working for Newsweak.

Of course he confessed. They don’t call it Newsweak for nothing.

By: Liberals Demise

Liberals Demise — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:05:25 +0000

He was water boarded………..how many times for this response?