Michelle Malkin on Giuliana Sgrena

Michelle Malkin does not have many fans here, I know that. But she makes a good point regarding the Sgrena story, more forcefully than I've seen it stated anywhere else.

The scandal is not that an anti-war propagandist has accused the U.S. of targeting journalists. That's par for the course. (Yes, hello again, Eason Jordan.)

The scandal is not that mainstream media sympathizers are blaming our military and dredging up every last shooting accident along the treacherous routes to Baghdad Airport. Again, no surprise here.

The scandal is that Italy—our reputed ally in the global War on Terror — negotiated with Sgrena's Islamist kidnappers and may have forked over a massive ransom to cutthroats for Sgrena's release.

Where is the uproar over this Islamist insurgency subsidy plan?

I hope that behind the scenes, we're letting Italy know how we feel about this practice. But instead of joining the world chorus in shaming ourselves, I would appreciate it if someone other than a far-right pundit were screaming mad about this apparent Italian policy.

- posted by Anonymous @ Wednesday, March 09, 2005