I can't understand why they would hate us

[Anonymous]

By what? Shutting down the web site which eagerly showed footage of our defiled, honoured dead?

It is a part of their news culture in that part of the world to show dead and injured people in the war. We over here don't like to see that sort of thing, but over there they are used to it. They even show footage of little children over there that are mangled. That is part of how they cover war.
Al-Jazeera did not shoot that video - it was shot by Iraqi tv. They decided to air it. And more so, supposedly, after it had already been aired, we contacted them and asked them not to show it anymore until the families had been notified and they agreed.

Al-Jazzera is extremely popular over in that part of the world, and they do conduct interviews with officials in our own government. And our government grants them these interviews because they know what a powerful voice they are, and how they are a good way for us to reach the people over there and get a chance to tell "our side of things". The are not state run, and are considered a very independent voice over there, and they are considered a thorn to the 'opressive' Arab governments. So as I see it, they should be encouraged and not discouraged.

They got involved, and within the limitations of their life, struck out to show our enemies across the sea we will not go silently into the night.

They did not launch their attack on Iraqi government Tv.
I do not consider the "Arab world" my enemy.

I don't think I'll be reading posts by you any more.

Ok, dont.