http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Tue, 25 Mar 2003 13:11:43 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/25/124821.php#comment-5806 That's a pretty fair essay. I'm an antiwar protestor; we have different views of this war, but I appreciate your respect for my right to express my opinions. Seems there are fewer and fewer free-speech proponents every day. From the fact-checking department: Iraqi forces did not shoot POWs on camera and broadcast that material. That's either misinformation or disinformation, depending on your intent. They did broadcast footage of dead US soldiers; some had been shot in the head. Whether they were killed in combat or executed as POWs is not known. The speculation that they were executed comes from the fact that they were shot in the head. Execution is one possible explanation for this. Another explanation is that US soldiers wear body armor. Iraqi snipers probably know this and realize that a headshot -- aimed under the Kevlar helmet -- is the only way to get a confirmed kill. We do not know that Iraq is executing POWs. 5806@blogcritics.org Tue, 25 Mar 2003 13:11:43 EST