Some Comments From Pat Boone....

[Marilyn777]

Recently, entertainer Pat Boone wrote a letter regarding his feelings on Abu Ghraib and Iraq:

"Hasn't anybody got the guts to accuse the worst perpetrator in this whole Abu Ghraib prison debacle - CBS and 60 Minutes II?

What do you call it when, in time of war, someone takes military intelligence and turns it over to the enemy, who in turn uses it to kill Americans?

Isn't that the definition of treason? Did Benedict Arnold do worse? Did Julias and Ethel Rosenberg pay with their lives for something like this?

It has already been well established, and CBS certainly knew, that the military announced to the press back in January that allegations had been made concerning treatment of prisoners and were being investigated.

In March there was another announcement that the allegations were still being investigated and certain service personnel at Abu Ghraib were relieved of their duties and might be court marshaled.

In other words, while America was fighting a war, the military had already taken the allegations seriously, were investigating them and were taking steps to correct the situation. In other words, it was being handled, and handled well.

These things happen in war on all sides, and though they are not excusable, they are kindergarten exercises compared to car bombs, ambushes, rocket launchings and dangling burning bodies over bridges - and this is what the interrogators at Abu Ghraib were trying to find ways to stop.

Freedom of the press is precious to us, but you can abuse any liberty and stretch it out of shape until it becomes license, and concerned citizens will call for limitations.

In this case, if CBS had really cared about the country, about our military, about doing the right thing, they would have taken these pictures, (which they had illegally) and asked the military and the Pentagon what was being done about the abuses (Although they most likely knew it, they would have been told that the matter was in hand and being taken care of).

Indeed, a general implored them not to publish the pictures because of what he knew would happen as a result.

CBS could have cared less.

In their mad competition for rating points, dollars, and seeing a great way to blast the President and the war effort in Iraq which they have continually denigrated and opposed, they broadcast they abhorrent pictures - and not just to the United States, BUT TO THE WORLD!

Knowing full well that we were walking a tight rope, trying to fight a war, quell disturbances and build a republic for Iraq in the midst of all the terrorist resistance, CBS published these abhorrent pictures knowing they would destroy completely our image and standing in the Muslim world.

And what about Osama bin Laden? What about the terrorists? What about America's image with all our allies around the world? And what about America's own self image and confidence in their leaders?

And what did the beheaders of Nick Berg say, just before they callously sawed his head off while he screamed, "This is in retaliation for what you Americans did to our people at Abu Ghraib!" And how did they know about these interrogation abuses?

Though poor Mr. Berg blames George Bush and Donald Rumsefld, it is incontrovertible that his son would be home with him right now had it not been for the publication of those pictures. Mr. Berg is pointing his finger in the wrong direction.

And as a direct result of CBS callous and patently unpatriotic action, America is suffering great loss of prestige around the world, and will for decades.

America has lost credibility with Muslims and the Arab world internationally, perhaps forever; and every American life is in far greater danger from terrorist reprisal, no matter who and where we are!

Freedom of the press is a cherished commodity, guaranteed by our Constitution. But freedoms, if they are to be maintained and to have the original meaning, must be treated with grave responsibility and restraint.

For me, CBS has become "the enemy within", and I hope never to watch the network again. I think most Americans ought to reflect on the results of their irresponsible and unpatriotic behavior and perhaps narrow their viewing options by one network. The next time America or Americans suffer at the hands of terrorists, thank CBS.

Pat Boone

[tako]

GOOD POST MARILYN, And hats off to you PAT BOON, You spoke the TRUTH, And for all you borderline VOTERS I can assure you all that this doing comes from the DEMOCRATS and their supporters CBS, ANTI-AMERICANS, LIBERALS, ANTI-WAR people, you know the JANE FONDA'S of today. And I might add these ANTI-WAR PEOPLE are using the same TACTICS USED IN THE VIETNAM ERA to turn the AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAINST THE WAR, Then claim we lost the WAR! Let me assure you, with AMERICAN FIRE POWER, WE COULD NOT LOSE ANY WAR, The VIETNAM WAR was LOST POLITICALLY, AND THE LIBERAL and ANTI-WAR people are TRYING IT AGAIN........TAKO

[Steff]

We've lost the war Tako, but the stakes weren't agaist Iraq.

Though poor Mr. Berg blames George Bush and Donald Rumsefld, it is incontrovertible that his son would be home with him right now had it not been for the publication of those pictures. Mr. Berg is pointing his finger in the wrong direction.

And as a direct result of CBS callous and patently unpatriotic action, America is suffering great loss of prestige around the world, and will for decades.

His son would also be home had we not invaded Iraq. I'm sorry but CBS did nothing wrong in playing the story and it was NOT unpatriotic. There is something in this country called free press and Mr. Boone needs to wake up.

[ted]

I still can't believe that Pat Boone actually got mad!!

I don't think I've ever seen him angry before.

CBS was simply trying to make some money. I can't fault them for running the story. There wouldn't be a story if there wasn't something there. I do think they put it out to make Bush look bad, rather than simply give the facts though.

t.

[Guest LCPGUY]

Cheers to Pat Boone! All the alphabet channels (networks) + CNN is a part of the enemy within. The only truthful news we get anymore is Fox News Channel. For more on the enemy within, including this subject, visit Michael Savage

[Catsmeow]

Years ago there was a pop song that went something like this...

Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down

Kick 'em when they're up up, kick 'em all around.......

This 70's song applies to the vulgar, dog-eat-dog, Jerry Springer-mindset that feeds like a cancer on negative news.

The more blood in the water, the better. The more blood in the streets, the richer some vulture at the top gets.

What sells?

Sex. And after that sex. Then finally, violence and after you "O.D" from violence, there's the perversion and shock therapy of celebs like Howard Stern.

I've seen so much media, 'entertainers' and Hollywood VIPs (at least in their own minds), they seem to live in their own private subculture.

Mel Gibson was once "Hollywood's own" until.....he said that forbidden word: Jesus Christ *(in a manner which honored and glorified His Name).

There's plenty who use His holy Name as a curse word but to bring it honor and glory..well, that's anther issue.

Just to say this....the media hates Jesus Christ and those who love and honor Him. They hate Him and hate everything He stands for. They will fight and oppose Him. They will fight and oppose those who stand firmly WITH HIM.

The lines are drawn. Choose which side you stand on.

[Anonymous]

Ya-aaaaaa Pat!!

[Marilyn777]

Well thankfully I don't have to vote in the U.S. election so I'm not going to get into any political arguments with my American brothers and sisters. But I have to say I admire Pat for standing up for his convictions. The media is out of control today, it doesn't matter which station it is. Like Cats said if there is blood in the water then there are sharks.

Just last week here in Toronto we had a hostage situation, a man who was under a restraining order to stay away from his wife tracked her down in a food court in downtown Toronto. He pistol whipped and would of shot her twice but thankfully (thank you Jesus) his gun jammed. A security guard chased him outside and down the street where in front of Union Station he grabbed a young 20 year old girl who was finishing her last day working at a bank before going back to University.

He held a gun to her head and shortly the police had the street sealed off the hostage negotiator and swat team in place. The whole thing of course was being filmed, just like a movie! Anyway the man moved his head just a little and a marksman took him out. Blood and brains flew all over the street, over the young girl in front of hundreds of witnesses.

The young girl by the way turned out to be a judges daughter. Although this is news they have no right to show this on TV and then they wonder why kids go out and shoot up the schools, because they saw it on TV! I'm afraid it is not going to get any better with filming high action car chases on the freeways of L.A. to the beheading of an American hostage there is no limit to what the media will do to get a story.

I think Pat has every right to be angry, more of us should get off our duffs and stand up to these corporate Moguls and stop supporting them. A boycott here and there is not going to do it, it has to be North American wide or further. They have to get the message and the only way to do that is through their profits.

Marilyn

[Guest LCPGUY]

Keep preachin

[RGR]

CBS did nothing wrong in playing the story and it was NOT unpatriotic. There is something in this country called free press and Mr. Boone needs to wake up.

Amen. And as long as their is breath in my body I'll be fighting to preserve it. This country was founded on Freedom and Democracy from tyranny and yet so many are willing to hand it all over on a silver platter.

Yep, just as CBS was all ready and willing to hand out pictures that they knew would inflame the Muslim world and cause more violence against Americans. THAT is the unpatriotic part-not Mr. White Bucks aka Pat Boone speaking his mind!