Ted Rall for February 06, 2015
February 02, 2015
February 09, 2015
Transcript:
We were shocked by the ISIS video showing them burning a Jordanian pilot alive. But when U.S. troops dropped white phosphorus on civilians, including many women and children, in Iraq in 2004, no one cared when they melted. Why the different reactions? For one thing, we care more about one guy than thousands. It's scarier if the killers dress foreign and there's weird foreign music playing. You can't be shocked by something you don't see- and the media ignored white phosphorus. When it's "your" country doing it, there must be a good reason.
