While press outlets such as the New York Times grieved over the death of Imad Mugniyah last week, they disgracefully ignored the hundreds of innocent people directly and indirectly killed by this terrorist the past three decades.
One such was Robert Stethem, a Navy Seabee diver that was assassinated on June 15, 1985, during the hijacking of TWA Flight 847; Mugniyah was one of the hijackers.
On Thursday, during an interview with WOR radio's Steve Malzberg, Patrick Stethem made his feelings known about how the press covered the death of one of his brother's slayers (9-minute audio available here):
I wouldn't even call it politically correct. I'd call it pro-terrorist. You know, he's been convicted of these crimes against humanity. He was responsible for the Beirut Marine barracks bombing, which was the largest non-nuclear explosion at that time since World War II. I mean, there's no doubt of the blood on this guy's hands, and the fact that, you know, it was so fitting it was a car-bomb that finally got him, which was his, you know, method of choice. And, you know, I saw those [New York Times] pictures, and now his family understands the terror and the sadness that he inflicted on hundreds of families. And, it's a terrible thing. And, as happy as I was to see his reign of terror end, at the same time, it doesn't allow us to reach back in time, and pull, you know, our loved ones back to us.
Somehow, this side of Mugniyah's despicable life gets lost when media outlets like the New York Times not only grieve over his death, but also try to elicit similar emotions from their readers and viewers by publishing pictures like this:
Why is that?
Rest in Peace, Robert.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.
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Thank God this family finally has justice
February 16, 2008 - 13:38 ET by Lame CherryI think of all the military families who have been waiting for justice now almost 25 years and I thank God they finally got it.
While the media did not report who executed this thug, this was the work of the Judeans, Americans and French.
I would also hint that all that money pouring into the Middle East in bribes by the United States has a rival faction of the Philistine provide the intel to do the deed.
This needs to be carried out a few hundred more times.
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As Keith Olberman's biggest
February 16, 2008 - 14:05 ET by SMGalbraithAs Keith Olberman's biggest fan, Rosie O'Donnell, told us: "Don't fear the terrorists. They’re mothers and fathers."
Amazing isn't it? They can empathize with terrorists and murderers and lecture everyone about simplistically seeing the world in absolutes; and yet, at the same time, view Bush, the "neocons" et cetera, as unmitigated evil.
Right on SMG!!
February 16, 2008 - 15:06 ET by BayshoremanRight on SMG!! And if you take it a step further, I believe a sound argument can be made that the reason these media dingbats empathize with the terrorists is that they share a common bond...pure unadulterated hatered of all things except themselves.
Patrick Stethem
February 16, 2008 - 13:40 ET by drillanwrCan we PLEASE pencil in ... hell! PEN in Patrick Stethem on the 2008 presidential ballot in November??!!??
The more I hear/see of this man the more I know he GETS IT! and can be trusted to seriously address IT!
When you men get home and face an anti-war protestor, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend because she knows she’s dating a pussy… ~ Attributed to General Tommy Franks
drill... I am with you
February 16, 2008 - 19:16 ET by bigtimerdrill...
I am with you there...I heard him this morning on some show I was listening to on the PC from Fox radio....he is one hell of a guy, God Bless his family, like he said his parents were glad they lived to see the end of the b#stard....(the last descriptive word was mine). yet now we have the FISA expiring tonight at midnight that helps aid in getting rid of the scum of the earth like these enemies of ours.
Silence all around by the msm of all venues for the most part...
SAD.
I picked a Vet yesterday and
February 16, 2008 - 14:17 ET by NortoI picked a Vet yesterday and all he could say was, he "hoped it wasn't for nothing." No amount of me telling him it wasn't for nothing where I was concerned, convinced him his service was worthy of praise and prayer.
IMHO this is a direct result of the msm's frontal assault on the WOT effort and the BDS. They are shaming another generation of honorable troops into feeling just like the Vietnam Vets. Disgraceful and it makes me sick and ANGRY.
No question the NYT along
February 16, 2008 - 14:39 ET by rbosqueNo question the NYT along with the MSM is pro-terrorist.
RIP shipmate.
Noel, I think you nailed it with this one.
February 16, 2008 - 17:29 ET by R D HelmAnd, not only is the MSM as a whole pro-terrorist, but I am of the belief that many of its members have blood directly on their hands.
I also firmly believe that they will answer for what they have done at some point down the road. If not in this life, then the next.
Blood all over their hands.
February 16, 2008 - 18:37 ET by NortoBlood all over their hands. Out damn spot!
Nazi soldier(107 years old)
February 16, 2008 - 19:06 ET by NortoNazi soldier(107 years old) dies, 2 columns wide 6 inches deep. World War I US Vet dies, sidebar item. Forget where it is I saw that, probably the local Gannet rag.
THE EVIL THAT MEN DO...
February 16, 2008 - 23:57 ET by danybhoyNobody remembers the good guys, it's always the bad guys who go down in history. From Brutis & Jack The Ripper to the BTK killer or the lastest mass shooter, it's always been that way.
Iron Maiden's singer Bruce Dickinson tagline intro to the song "The Evil That Men Do", hit's the mark. "The good that men do, is often interred with their bones, but the evil that men do, lives on".
"Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise" Mark Levin
The Bard
February 18, 2008 - 13:46 ET by masslibertarianThat's Shakespeare, dude. :-) Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 2:
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones:
BTW, is it possible to read "Iron Maiden" without thinking of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure?
WELL PUT...
February 16, 2008 - 23:48 ET by danybhoyPatrick Stethem said it so well I won't even try to add anything more.
"Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise" Mark Levin
This post is probably too
February 17, 2008 - 12:16 ET by JWFThis post is probably too late for everyone to read but here goes...
People need to learn or relearn that Islam's war on us started more than 20 years prior to Sep 11, 2001. Muslims have been killing those of us who served outside the U.S. since the hostage crisis in 1979 and probably before. Islamists have been killing military, embassy and CIA personnel with impunity long before 2001. Oh, and crippled Jewish Americans in wheelchairs when they could not find anyone else.
Robert's only sin was that he was not traveling on a U.S passport. He, along with all of us at the time, was allowed to travel on a military I.D only. The U.S response to his brutal killing? The rest of us were now requested to get a passport when we travel and to hide our military I.D if the plane was hijacked.
This is an utterly utterly failed religion and we will not prevail until this finally gets into the head every American.
Better "late" than never, JWF -
February 17, 2008 - 12:52 ET by drillanwrDamn straight on all points.
For the left this war didn't start until that dumb slap-happy Texas cowboy who can't say "nuclear" without adding an extra "U" decided to make his oil buddies richer ... ignoring, and NOT answering, all the attacks that lead up to our finally going into Iraq where all the money was being stock-piled for future attacks (THERE is the WMD ... Saddam's money, that he proved he'd use by paying suicide bombers in Israel ... imagine what he could have funded if left unchecked)
When you men get home and face an anti-war protestor, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend because she knows she’s dating a pussy… ~ Attributed to General Tommy Franks