6.18.2004

Republicans: No Saudi Outrage Over Paul Johnson's Beheading

See? What did I tell you in an earlier post?

While MSNBC for hours has shown Arab people voicing great outrage and pain over the death of the American Lockheed-Martin contractor, Paul Johnson, they have Christopher Shays (R-CT) on Hardball now telling us that if there's any Arab outrage over this, he hasn't seen it. Does the host refute him? Hell, no.

Trust me, I'm not saying the Saudis - especially the ruling family - are the good guys. But our hands are pretty dirty, too, including with Saudi dirt. Just drawing these ridiculous stereotypes each time is really not very useful to the dialogue or helpful in trying to work through issues.