“Those Blagojevich tapes sure are disgusting, aren’t they? Let’s study those some more.”
– Glenn Greenwald, ridiculing TV journalists for being so easily distracted
As usual, Greenwald nails it. Nothing like a sordid little scandal here at home to prevent us from prosecuting the truly horrendous crimes like state-sponsored murder.
Greenwald writes:
TV pundits were consumed with righteous anger over the petty, titillating, sleazy Rod Blagojevich scandal, competing with one another over who could spew the most derision and scorn for this pitiful, lowly, broken individual and his brazen though relatively inconsequential crimes. Every exciting detail was voyeuristically and meticulously dissected by political pundits — many, if not most, of whom have never bothered to acquaint themselves with any of the basic facts surrounding the monumental Bush lawbreaking and war crimes scandals. TV ”journalists” who have never even heard of the Taguba report — the incredible indictment issued by a former U.S. General, who subsequently observed: ”there is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account” — spent the weekend opining on the intricacies of Blagojevich’s hair and terribly upsetting propensity to use curse words.
Make no mistake: Blagojevich is a boil on the ass of Illinois. But a far bigger boil remains in office and continues to shirk responsibility for starting an immoral war that has cost many hundreds of thousands of lives. Don’t look to TV’s talking heads to take the White House to task for murder. Nor will the House of Pelosi take a stand.
While many in our media have decided that Iraq is old news, reporters elsewhere disagree. Whatever happened to being greeted with flowers?
36 days. 36 more days before this war criminal finally gets the boot.
Filed under: crime, george bush, impeachment, iraq war, politics, u.s. history
