“Defining Atrocity”

Jim Hoft posts about the lament of the New York Times that murder charges have been (or soon will be) dropped against all of the US Marines charged in connection with the Haditha incident. They lament that:

Last year, when accounts of the killing of 24 Iraqis in Haditha by a group of marines came to light, it seemed that the Iraq war had produced its defining atrocity, just as the conflict in Vietnam had spawned the My Lai massacre a generation ago.

Jim rounds up the NYT articles since John "Unindicted ABSCAM Co-Conspirator" Murtha pronounced the Marines guilty of cold-blooded murder. And it is pretty damning stuff for the old gray lady. Go over and read it. But pay special attention to their lament:

Last year, when accounts of the killing of 24 Iraqis in Haditha by a group of marines came to light, it seemed that the Iraq war had produced its defining atrocity, just as the conflict in Vietnam had spawned the My Lai massacre a generation ago.

For the New York Times, the "defining atrocity" must be conducted by Americans. Not the jihadis who saw people's heads off on video. Not the jihadis who push the bit of an electric drill through their captive's knees. Not the jihadis who mutilate American soldiers. Not the jihadis who detonate trucks filled with explosives and chlorine gas cylinders in crowds of civilians. Not the jihadis who are killing more Muslims than the Americans ever could. The left in this country has continually cheapened and trivialized the real meaning of words, twisting them into something that can call an American politician "the worst person in the world" while ignoring the depravities of the real thugs in the world.

This is a new low. And I think maybe it is the defining anti-American self-outing of the New York Times.