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To: Amy J who wrote (173875)	3/31/2003 8:59:48 PM
From: Barry Grossman	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 186894

But ironically, it's okay to show photos of dead Iraqis, but not of our dead USA soldiers. Why the double standard? Amy, What do you say about media that happily and gleefully show any civilian deaths perceived to have been caused by US actions (that may or may not have been a result of our errant armaments), but don't show dead Iraqi soldiers executed by their own officers, or Iraqi citizens being shot for attempting to cross a bridge, or a Iraqi woman hanged for waving at coalition soldiers, or scenes of humanitarian aid being given away freely to thirsty and hungry Iraqis, or of medical treatment of wounded Iraqi soldiers side by side with our own wounded soldiers. Is there a double standard there? The thing is, I live here in the USA and am a citizen of the USA and the values that operate for me are USA values - not Al Jezera's, Baghdad's, Saudi Arabia's, Iran's, Syria's, Egypt's, Jordan's, Lebanon's, Yeman's, France's, Russia's or Germany's. If the other guy's standards happen to coincide with mine, then we can get along, but if and when the other guy's values differ from mine in a significant way, then we have a problem. This is the way it is. We Americans have very high ideals of freedom, liberty and justice and because of that, we have a lot of problems in this world. That doesn't mean we should change our ideals. Sometimes we have to defend them. Barry