Sure, blame porn

Scroll down to the section titled "More Christian organizations respond to Abu Ghraib scandal". It seems that the bonk jobs think porn is to blame.

Concerned Women for America has in fact issued two pieces on the abuse, both of which blame American pornography for the soldiers' actions.

Robert Knight, director of CWA's Culture and Family Institute, also blames pornography, which he says gave the soldiers "the idea to engage in sadomasochistic activity and to videotape it in voyeuristic fashion." But he doesn't stop there. Knight also blames "putting women into combat areas," "'gay' publications," homosexuals, gay marriage, "violators of [broadcast] decency rules," school "recruitment schemes into early sex and homosexuality," liberals (whom Knight says are "systematically aiding and abetting the cultural depravity that produced the Iraq scandal"), opponents of courtroom displays of the Ten Commandments, and politicians who have "pressed for higher and higher taxes."

Sort of reads like a laundry list of "things Bonk Jobs hate", doesn't it.

"Iraqi prisoners are being abused? Well, it's the women's fault! And gays! And Howard Stern! And liberals! And taxes!" (Didn't we already go through this once with Falwell and Robertson's list of "reasons God lifted his protective cloak from America"?) Of course, most of the list is completely baseless, but hey, we're talking about the Fundies. They're not exactly world renowned for their firm grasp on reality and logic.

Also, Gary Bauer weighed in on the issue. This ought to be good.

The media and political frenzy over apparent (my emphasis) prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq continued to spiral out of control over the weekend much to the detriment of our nation, the war on terrorism and the 135,000 men and women currently trying to do their job in Iraq.

"Apparent" prisoner abuse? It would seem that there is some doubt in Gary's mind as to the veracity of the abuse scandal. I wonder what would convince him. Hmm...video documentation? No, we've got those and they apparently had little impact on Gary. Photos? Nuh-uh. Too easy to doctor. Congressional testimony? No, we had that, too. I don't know, I guess it must really be only "apparent" abuse, and not actual documented abuse.

If everyone would take a deep breath this reality would emerge: The scandal is being aggressively investigated, the first court-martial will begin in nine days in full public view and everyone from President Bush down is committed to justice being served.

Will the fGoT or Rumsfeld or anyone responsible for getting us into this mess in the first place or for creating an environment in which this could happen be court-martialed? Or even held responsible? No. One or more Patsies will take the fall and the problem will be considered solved without ever taking a deeper look into how it came to pass that these abuses could take place as if there was nothing wrong with it. This isn't an isolated case. Abuse has been ongoing and the defense department has known about it for months, but chose to do nothing (other than launch a smoke and mirrors "investigation" into the allegations) to prevent further abuse.

That should be enough for the critics, but it isn't. Why? Because there are a whole lot of opportunists, as well as outright enemies of the U.S., who want to exploit the problem and harm our nation or use it to serve their own narrow political purposes.

That's right, Gary, this is really not that big of a deal, but it's being blown out of proportion by liberals who hate their country.

...now they are outraged that murderers and thugs have had a bad time of it in prison.

Well that's an interesting way of putting it. Or, it would be, if it were true. Too bad for Gary that the prisoners in Abu Graib aren't murderers and thugs. They're almost exclusively detainees being held for questioning who've done nothing wrong -- aside from being Iraqi, of course.

The politicians are the worst of all. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-New York) filed impeachment proceedings on Monday against Rumsfeld. The senators who are screaming the most are the very ones who adamantly opposed the U.S. liberating Iraq to begin with. Their attacks on Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld are launched without any consideration of how it might harm the nation to fire the Secretary of Defense when we are in the middle of a war.

Yeah, leave the war criminals alone! Let's not upset the Christian war machine mid-stride in it's mission of liberation (read: slaughter) of Iraqis with something as silly as the removal of an incompetent criminal! We're in the middle of a war! Wait a minute...I thought seinen Führer declared the end of the war well over a year ago.

On the far-out left wing of American politics it is even worse. Left-wing Web sites are using the scandal as evidence that all American troops are "baby killers" and "torturers." These people loathe their own country and despise our military. They are willing to believe anything America's enemies say while believing our own leaders are liars!

But they are liars. It's been proven time and again. And one needn't believe anything our "enemies" say or think that all American troops are baby killers and torturers to realize that, in fact, our leaders are a lying cabal of criminals.

Finally, there are bin Laden and the other murderers plotting right now to kill thousands of us and our allies.

Yeah, thanks to seinen Führer Dunderhead and his cabal of greedy, bumbling criminals letting bin Laden go in order to pursue a war for oil and revenge in Iraq.

They must be amazed at our foolishness.

"They" aren't the only ones.

The odds of us being hit before the November election grow by the hour...

Wouldn't that be convenient for the Fear Mongers who'd like to extend their illegal stay in the White House.

But it is ridiculous to suggest that the Bush Administration or military boot camps are responsible for teaching our young soldiers this behavior. We must be willing to look deeper

That's right, anything to keep from pointing fingers at the immaculate, brainless chosen one. It's not Bush's fault! It's not the military's fault! We must "look deeper" (which I think is Bonk Job code for "find someone else to blame") to find that...it's porn's fault! Yeah! And those evil, violent gays! And ~gasp~ Howard Stern!!!

"The tragic photos from Abu Ghraib prison remind us that even a war with noble goals can bring out the very worst in those who fight." --Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Too bad this war is completely devoid of any noble ambition. I suppose Al thinks that the opportunity to convert hundreds of thousands of Muslims to the real religion of Baptist Xtianity is noble enough.