Crazy terrorist or method to his madness? When will the media start providing context?
From Mondoweiss:
“He [Balawi’s brother] described Mr. Balawi as a “very good brother” and a “brilliant doctor,” saying that the family knew nothing of Mr. Balawi’s writings under a pseudonym on jihadi Web sites. He said, however, that his brother had been “changed” by last year’s three-week-long Israeli offensive in Gaza, which killed about 1,300 Palestinians….
…I wonder how long the mainstream media will continue to treat this angle as a sidelight and not a main event. 9/11, the recent Fort Hood massacre, the murder of Bobby Kennedy– all had a Palestinian angle. Still the dots remain unconnected, the elephant unreported. Now it feels like the third intifada has started, and it’s a global one. Something’s got to give. It’s time for Chris Matthews and Jon Stewart to end the hypocrisy.”
Hat-tip to Glenn Greenwald (via Lew Rockwell)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1pURIukrjw
White House Press Corps veteran Helen Thomas asks ‘why?’ on Jan. 7, and a D.C. mouthpiece sings the same old neocon tune.
I’d read this article before, but that last sentence you have excerpted I hadn’t noticed until now. So now we’re relying on Chris Matthews and Jon Stewart to ‘save’ us? {groans and rolls eyes} It’d be a start at least….