Sharks Fear Charges

I have to comment quickly on something I saw on the front page of The Post this morning.

An obscure law approved by a Republican-controlled Congress a decade ago has made the Bush administration nervous that officials and troops involved in handling detainee matters might be accused of committing war crimes, and prosecuted at some point in U.S. courts.

Senior officials have responded by drafting legislation that would grant U.S. personnel involved in the terrorism fight new protections against prosecution for past violations of the War Crimes Act of 1996. That law criminalizes violations of the Geneva Conventions governing conduct in war and threatens the death penalty if U.S.-held detainees die in custody from abusive treatment. Detainee Abuse Charges Feared: Shield Sought From '96 War Crimes Act

Recently you hear some writers refer to the corporate media as propaganda outlets for the administration. Here's why. Look at this headline: Detainee Abuse Charges Feared.

Imagine if some gang owned the newspapers, I'll say the Sharks just to keep it neutral. One day the headline would be Armed Robbery Charges Feared. The story might read like ...

An obscure law approved by Congress two hundred years ago has made Shark leaders nervous that members involved in knocking off Chee Kim's Liquors last year might be accused of committing armed robbery, and prosecuted at some point in U.S. courts.

Senior Sharks have responded by drafting new rules that would grant Sharks involved in rapid financial acquisitions (RFA) new protections against prosecution for past robberies. The law criminalizes the use of firearms to rob citizens and threatens the death penalty if citizens die after being shot or stabbed during a robbery.

I mean, c'mon, the reason the these guys are afraid of being charged with war crimes is ... everybody say it with me ... because they committed war crimes.

And the story is that "charges are feared?"