Great Victory for Muslim Pride

This is really something. Steven Vincent, author of the book The Red Zone, has been shot to death in Iraq. I assume you all know about it; Drudge linked to the story.

I reviewed The Red Zone on my blog. I was one of the bloggers who received complimentary copies. I can’t say enough about the book. It impressed me tremendously that Vincent, an art critic from Manhattan, was enough of an independent thinker to go to Iraq, see things for himself, and then write a book fervently supporting our intervention there. I’m sure Manhattan art society charged him a steep fee for that offense. I very much doubt that he was welcome at Manhattan social events after that.

The story about Vincent doesn’t give details. It merely says he was killed, and that his translator, who was also shot, is alive.

This is a shining example of the kind of thinking we’re up against in the Muslim world. Liberals would have us believe that Muslim violence is somehow linked to misdeeds on our part. That Muslim violence has some sort of rational objective. Radical Muslims want us to alter our behavior, so they punish us with terrorism. This crime proves, once again, that the left’s analysis is wrong.

Steven Vincent was not a person the terrorists—they are not and never have been “insurgents”—had a logical reason for killing. If anything, he was a potential tool. Journalists don’t fire weapons or implement our government’s strategy. They merely expose what happens in Iraq. Lately, that consistently works in favor of the terrorists. Even Fox, the supposed “cheerleader” for the war effort, has abandoned coverage of positive events in Iraq, and the American public is fatigued by news of an increasing body count. You would think the terrorists would welcome journalists.

But that would only happen if the enemy were rational, as the left says it is. Unfortunately, the enemy is far from rational. In all likelihood, they killed Vincent simply because he was an American. His killing probably served the same low purpose as a lynching. “We got another one. That felt good, didn’t it?”

I strongly suggest you read The Red Zone, partly because it’s a excellent book, but also because Steven Vincent has a widow, and she is going to have expenses.

I have to wonder what kind of ugly, sniggering remarks are being made in New York art galleries today.

I congratulate Michael Moore’s “Minutemen” on their glorious victory. This ranks right up there with blowing up children while soldiers give them candy.

Steven Vincent blogged from Iraq. Here is his site.