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This little boy and his uncle are both deploying to Iraq soon.

Gaius of Blue Crab Boulevard has a son currently deployed in Iraq. My son and my brother are both deploying to Iraq soon.

Those of us with family members who are now or soon will be in Iraq have a big problem with the morale equivalency arguments we’ve been hearing from the New York Times and their compatriots regarding the recently published photo from New York Times Photographer Joao Silva of a Mahdi Militia sniper about to fire on American Soldiers.

Gaius writes…….

Would any of you stand silently and take a picture of a person preparing to shoot your mother, or brother, or child? How about your uncle?

How about the President of the United States, or a Senator? How about a General commanding American forces in a battle?

Would you as an American allow this to happen? Furthermore personally profit from it? Either financially or by gaining praise from your fellow feckless, unconscionable, amoral peers?

Isn’t it a crime to do nothing to prevent the death of another person when you can conceivably do something to stop it? Wouldn’t cold-heartedly snapping a picture of the shooters instead of attempting to stop them compound the criminality?

Does the Geneva Convention address the behavior of the press in a time of war?

Whether or not it’s a crime, it’s certainly immoral and disgusting.Why hasn’t Bill Keller (the grey lady’s pimp) been hauled in front of Congress to answer for his despicable moral equivalency policies? (as well as the Times’ policies of leaking national security secrets)

We all know a picture’s worth a thousand words so why is the New York Times actively trying to influence the outcome of the war on terror with photos taken by a foreign photographer who has no loyalty whatsoever to this country? Is this the old grey lady’s policy of outsourcing treason?

Hat tip: The Anchoress