Dangerous Naivete (or Deliberate Lies) of the Media re. Gitmo

Great article from John Hinderaker at The Weekly Standard on the unbelievable international media frenzy around the Koran abuse nonsense. You must read the whole thing.

Read the entire report here from Brigadier General Jay Hood on the investigation into the allegations of Koran abuse.

The bottom line?

There are five (five, count 'em FIVE) confirmed instances of 'mishandling' of the Koran (either intentional or unintentional) by Army guards. Mishandling--not destruction.

But here's the interesting part of the report. There were FIFTEEN confirmed instances of deliberate Koran abuse by detainees, including tearing up pages, urinating on the Koran, and trying to flush pages down the toilet.

You know, a couple of years ago, I was fascinated by the recent history of China, especially the rise of Communism and Mao and the Red Guard. I read "Life and Death in Shanghai" (a great book), "Wild Swans" and some other books written by Chinese women who had lived through the Chinese 'revolution'. It was amazing to me how such blatant propaganda took hold of an entire society and was readily accepted by so many people so quickly.

I was quite smug in concluding that such a thing would never happen in the U.S., because of our diversity, our free press and our independent culture.

This is really getting downright scary.