I often get dark enjoyment from listening to the media wags on CNN. Immediately after a politician's speech, or a warning from a warmonger, or a gunshot from a lunatic, the anchors turns to a "panel of experts" and ask, "What do you think he meant by that?"
I'm sure the following will have several anchors twisting in their chairs, trying to find some way of spinning this report (if they even cover it, of course):
The exchange between Mumbai terrorists Fahadullah and Abdul Rehman operating at the Trident Hotel and their Pakistani handlers provides a terrifying look at the minds of the masterminds behind the attack. The exchange shows they planned and executed the attack for maximum media coverage, ordered the murder of hostages, and cheered after the murders were carried out.
“Brother Abdul. The media is comparing your action to 9/11,” one unidentified handler said. “One senior police official has been killed,” referring to the chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad killed in an earlier gunfight.
“We are on the 10th/11th floor,” Abdul Rehman responded. “We have five hostages.”
“Everything is being recorded by the media,” the handler identified as Kafa told Rehman. “Inflict the maximum damage. Keep fighting. Don’t be taken alive.”
“Kill all hostages, except the two Muslims,” the other handler told Rehman and Fahadullah. “Keep your phone switched on so that we can hear the gunfire.”
“We have three foreigners, including women,” Fahadullah said. “From Singapore and China.”
“Kill them,” the handler said.
Hmmm. I wonder what he meant by that? I'm sure David Gergen could give us some fascinating incite into what this means for Pakistani/Indian/US/Israeli relations. Or perhaps Anderson Cooper could ask a panel of experts what the terrorists "really want." None of the experts will ponder that women and children are being shot precisely so the panel of experts will advertise the bogus desires of these killers. They'll just do it for free, providing a useful smokescreen. In their way, the media aids and abets evil people on a daily basis.
Whenever I hear the phony talk of what terrorists "want," I am reminded of Goldfinger:
"You expect me to talk?"
"Noooo, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die."
2 comments:
What do "they" mean or want? Both "they" meaning the terrorists and the seeming majority of media are sociopathic (without conscience). They only want what serves their needs and desires at the moment and they mean to do it without any regard or remorse for what they do or say. The real question should be why do we, with conscience, expect them to change?
Raine Vincent
USA
What do "they" mean or want? Both "they" meaning the terrorists and the seeming majority of media are sociopathic (without conscience). They only want what serves their needs and desires at the moment and they mean to do it without any regard or remorse for what they do or say. The real question should be why do we, with conscience, expect them to change?
Raine Vincent
USA
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