Abu Ghraib Exploitation

Kerry and Left-Wing Democrats Exploit Abu Ghraib

About everyone knows of the Abu Ghraib Prison Ignominy. People are outraged. Who wouldn’t be? But the most infuriated of our citizens are the service members of the U.S. military who are putting their lives on  the line each day (fighting and dying) to preclude future terrorist attacks on U.S. soil and to bring freedom to Afghanistan and Iraq.

The unconscionable exploitation of Abu Ghraib for political purposes has had a harmful impact on the war against global terrorism; it has cost military and civilian lives; it has undermined the Will of our people to fight the war against global terrorism; it has been used as a fund raiser by John Kerry; it has been used by John Kerry as the basis for calling for the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld; it has been used by Al Gore to attack the Bush Administration and call for the resignation of top leaders; and it has been used by Left-Wing Democrats and media to maliciously attack our Armed Forces.

Abu Ghraib has been opportunistically and treacherously exploited (at the expense of our national security and the safety of our citizens) to gain many millions of votes for John Kerry in the November election.

Kerry’s and Left-Wingers’ Unconscionable
Exploitation of Abu Ghraib

Commentary by: Col. John H. Wambough, Jr. USAF (Ret.)  

About everyone knows of the Abu Ghraib Prison ignominy. People are outraged. Who wouldn’t be? But the most infuriated of our citizens are the service members of the U.S. military who are putting their lives on  the line each day (fighting and sometimes dying) to preclude future terrorist attacks on U.S. soil and to bring freedom to Afghanistan and Iraq.

The unconscionable exploitation of Abu Ghraib for political purposes has had a harmful impact on the war against global terrorism; it has cost military and civilian lives; it has been used to undermine the Will of our people to fight the war against global terrorism; it has been used, opportunistically, by John Kerry for fund raising and as a basis for calling for the resignation of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld; it has been used by Al Gore to attack the Bush Administration and call for the resignation of top Administration leaders; it has been used by Hillary Clinton to allege that the Abu Ghraib happenings were pervasive and “goes all the way up the chain of command”; it has been used by Ted Kennedy to claim that Saddam’s torture chambers have been reopened under U.S. management; and it has been used by Left-Wing Democrats and media to maliciously attack our Armed Forces. 

New York Times is Key to Democrat Exploitation.  The New York Times is a Left-Wing politically driven newspaper.  (To better understand its media manipulation for political purposes, read Journalistic Fraud by Bob Kohn). Abu Ghraib has been treacherously exploited (at great expense to our national security and the safety of our citizens)  in an effort to harvest millions of votes for John Kerry and regain political power for the Democrat Party.  What was done by a very few misguided and unprincipled people has been translated by the Left-Wing into millions of votes for Democrats and has also been used as a basis (by the Left) to undermine the war against global terrorism.

As of June 15, 2004, the New York Times (work horse of the Left-Wing Democrat Party) has published 177 stories (with many pictures) on Abu Ghraib.  What everyone needs to know is that the New York Times influence on public opinion is greater than any other national or worldwide news organization; it’s articles and photos are electronically syndicated to over 650 newspapers.  Its stories become the center theme for discussion on the liberal media’s national networks—CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, etc. plus National Public Radio (NPR), cable TV and radio talk shows. 

To appreciate the scope of the New York Time’s extraordinary effort to help get the Democrat Party and Kerry in power,  people must grasp the impact of the mass circulation of Aru Ghraib articles.  Should the 650 syndicated newspapers locally and regionally each publish the 177 stories about the Aru Ghraib that would equate to 115,050  stories (650 * 177 = 115,050)  placed in newspapers nationwide).  Additionally, newspaper columnists use the information and pictures contained in New York Times articles to generate thousands of separate newspaper articles on Aru Ghraib—often run side-by-side with New York Times Aru Ghraib articles. 

  Military Chain of Command Took Action .  It is important to note that those who turned in the soldiers at Abu Ghraib were soldiers themselves. These soldiers saw things appallingly improper and reported what they saw to a higher level. The Army Chain of Command responded by taking action to investigate and fix the problem and then punish those found guilty of  wrong doing.  In January 2004,  the Army announced to worldwide media that multiple investigations were underway concerning the treatment of prisoners and that disciplinary actions were expected based upon the findings of these investigations.  Had the Army chain of command not taken action, then the Army, rightfully, would have earned a huge black eye—but the Army, in fact, took precipitous action to investigate and fix the problem.  They did exactly what they were suppose to do given the circumstances presented to them. 

Turning Abu Ghraib into Votes for Kerry.  Evidence in the form of  photos and videos were to be used in the prosecution of  individuals being investigated.  Either someone or a group of people (having access to this media) decided to release it publicly—possibly appreciating the positive political implications for John Kerry and the Democrat party and the negative implications for the Bush Administration.  In short order, the photographs from Abu Ghraid were leaked and then publicized with lighting speed over Internet sites, on cable networks, TV, newspapers and news journals.  If we weren’t in a national election cycle, the CDs, photos and videos may never have seen the light of day.  Abu Ghraid would have been fixed by the military, the guilty punished and that would have ended the case.  

The Scandal Beyond the Scandal.  Beyond the real scandal at Abu Ghraib (so far, seven people charged), the question becomes (for Kerry, the Left-Wing of the Democrat Party and the mass liberal media – agenda driven – propaganda machine) how much additional scandal can be manufactured or implied from the ignominy at Abu Ghraid? How many votes is this fiasco really worth to the Democrat Party 5,000,000; 10,000,000; 15,000,000; 20,000,000, who knows? But this scandal is being milked for every vote Kerry and the Democrats can extract from it.  Abu Ghraib has been turned into a bonanza for John Kerry. The Democrats are willing to taint the reputation of our military for political power; they are willing to undermine our political leadership for political power; they are willing to do about anything for political power; they have virtually gone crazy in their utterances.  Al Gore’s speaks out along with his Left-Wing cohorts all for the purpose of having Democrats regain power. Truth and decency in public discourse no longer matter. ( The coalition of the Wild-eyed mms://media4.streamtoyou.com/gwb/KCOWE_256k.wmv)

Raking the Military Over the Coals.  The salt in the wound for the military is that there has been lots of good news to report in Afghanistan and Iraq.  Tens of thousands of  efforts have been expended by our military to improve the lives of people—even under the threat of sniper fire and concealed explosives. Specifically, our soldiers have built, renovated and put back into working order hospitals,  schools, power plants, reservoirs,  sewer systems, etc.)  Had the media focused heavily on the good that our military had done, then when something went terribly bad like Abu Ghraib our soldiers would better understand the extensive coverage. The problem lies in the National Election Cycle and the mass liberal media – agenda driven – propaganda machine that has masterfully and with great calculation foregone positive coverage for our military in order to promote Kerry’s election and get Liberal Democrats back in power.   

Liberal Media Bad News is Good News for Democrats.  Don’t you think it disconcerting to the citizens of the United States that media has given a thousand times more coverage to the bad acts of the seven or more culprits in Abu Ghraib than to the good acts of the 200,000 plus soldiers that have honorably served in Afghanistan and Iraq (your sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, aunts, uncles and friends). This should be the greatest outrage of all!  Think about it!  Your soldiers go into combat, risk their lives for our country, some get killed, some get injured and some survive without injury but all have sacrificed. With all the sacrifices of our military, our media (with  it is politically driven liberal bias) have deliberately bypassed the thousands of projects (good things our troops have done) and focused on whatever they can find that is bad.  Once they find a major setback such as Abu Ghraid, they magnify it, amplify it, dissect it, bisect it, analyze it and repeat it over and over and over and over again! Good news in Afghanistan and Iraq will not get their candidate and party elected; bad news is a home run hit for the Democrat Party.