Octavis Nasr, CNN Senior Editor for Arab Affairs (hat tip: SayAnything) - video:

Well, I think for one, terrorism for one person is a freedom fight for another. And you know, the Arab world always talks about this, as they say the so-called terrorism, because they believe that - in Iraq, for example, many people are struggling against occupation, so in many ways they support that struggle against occupation but then they draw a line between those who are struggling. They want a free Iraq, they want the occupiers out and those who are pushing the envelope and crossing the line by terrorizing people. And when we say terrorizing people, in a sense, it’s going after the innocent civilians, the unsuspecting civilians, taking hostages, beheading them. Committing acts that are totally unacceptable, even by the standards of a freedom fight. So, you know, if you think about it, “terrorism” is a subjective term depending on which side you are on.

So, kids, today we have learned from the MSM that:

1. Parody songs are outrageous if they mention self-defense against a terrorist ambush, but
2. Sometimes actually beheading innocent civilians isn’t all that bad depending on which side you’re on.

This begs the question, CNN…. which side are you on?

1. “This begs the question, CNN…. which side are you on?”

   Jason, that is a rhetorical question, right?

   Comment by Old Soldier — 6:45 pm
   

2. Rhetorical or direct, I’d like to hear the bastards answer that question.

   Not that anyone on the left can address a simple yes or no question directly…

   Sean is always asking direct yes or no questions of members of the left, I have yet to hear even one respond with a direct answer, have you?

   .

   Comment by The Machine — 6:51 pm
   

3. I think we all know which side CNN and the rest of the msm is on…. Thank God for sites like this, Rush, Hannity, WND,
   Newsmax, etc….

   Comment by newFan — 9:32 pm
   

4. Octavis Nasr is clueless, I’m amazed she is the Senior Editor for Arab affairs at CNN. Here is her take on the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

   Newsbusters reports on a CNN report this morning where Octavia Nasr, the senior CNN editor for Arab Affairs, attempts to downplay the capture of Zarqawi and states “there are many small insurgency groups in Iraq that are more powerful than Al Qaeda, the Zarqawi group…But definitely the experts tell us that this is not a lone group in Iraq. There are many thousands more like it.”

   This statement is simply ludicrious, particularly coming from the editor of Arab affairs. There actually are not “thousands more” groups like al Qaeda in Iraq and proclaiming there are many smaller insurgent groups more powerful than al Qaeda does not coincide with reality.

   http://www.securitywatchtower.com/archives/003442major_blow_to_al_qaeda_abu_musab_alzarqawi_killed.html

   Comment by C.S. Scott — 3:10 am
   

5. I gave up reading after the numerous errors on Al-Qaeda. F”founded in the 1980s” — try 1990s. “1993 WTC bombing” — nope, that was Iraq

   Comment by Don Surber — 5:13 am
   

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