Oh Boy!, More Bad News From Iraq!

I watched the CBS Early Show news by accident this morning. Col. Mitch Mitchell and Harry Smith were discussing the case of the US Army soldiers accused of raping an Iraqi woman and then killing and setting fire to her and her family. They were discussing the "facts" of the case. Supposedly these facts are the kind that need to be leaked to the press from "un-named sources". There was a certain satisfaction in the tone of the story. The kind of satisfaction that comes from reporting stories of church officials molesting boys or babies being drowned by their mothers. There is extra special treatment for stories like that. Here is a link to it if you want to read it yourself.

You know, a long time ago a very wise person told me that life is like a river; we are on the bank of the river. We watch the water and see all kinds of unkindness going by; murder, rape, war, famine. But what is truly important and lasting is what is going on in the houses of the people living next to the water. Inside these houses are men and women who love each other. They raise their children and care for their neighbors. They pay their taxes, serve their countries and go to work faithfully every day. THAT you rarely read about in the paper.