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From Glenn Reynolds:
It all goes down to what Peter Beinart said in our interview the other day (beginning about 12:00 in):
The way we show the world that we mean what we say about democracy and human rights is by acting well. That means on a thing like Haditha by not trying to cover up, by being absolutely open and saying 'We are capable of being barbaric like other peoples are, under conditions of extreme stress and without legal restraint. But what makes us different from them is the way re respond to that.' We use it as an opportunity to show that we're different from our enemies because we bring our own people to justice.
That's right, and I note that it has been the pattern of the U.S. military in this war. Compare this to the record of, say, the United Nations where troop misbehavior is concerned.
Reynolds is noting that the Liberal MSM slams the U.S. for things such as are alleged to have occurred at Haditha, while giving the United Nations a pass on the same behavior on a massively larger scale. This is a perfect example of what I've discussed in my post on Liberalism Explained. In a nutshell, Liberals punish successful behavior, and reward unsuccessful behavior. In this example, we see Libs punishing the successful U.S. troops, and rewarding the failed troops of the United Nations.
