Oh, I just knew it!

Recently, Newsweek printed a story alleging that US forces at Guantanamo Bay had desecrated the Koran by putting copies in the toilet and trying to flush them. This sparked massive protests throughout the muslim world. In Afghanistan, 16 people have died and over 100 have been injured in the protests. But now, Newsweek has retracted their story. Apparently, the military investigators they cited as their anonymous source hadn't actually confirmed that this incident happened, as they reported. The military has had to investigate several other reports of Koran desecrations that turned out to be bogus. Now I think this is the perfect example of how bad reporting can negatively affect people's lives. These reporters, obviously partisan hacks with an axe to grind, saw yet another potential weapon against the war and the Bush administration. They published this un-confirmed piece of bullshit without any concern for the damage it would do, and now people are dead. It's too late for Newsweek to salvage its credibility, but other periodicals should learn from this. What ticks me off the most, other than the fact that people are dead because of a magazine, is the fact that liberal jack-offs are going to continue to bring this up in arguments from now on. They don't care if it's true or not! It's negative press about the US military. It has to be true!