SOLDIERS BODIES FOUND - TORTURED - WHERE IS THE OUT CRY ?

First things first. Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Houston, Texas, and Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker, 25, of Madras, Oregon bodies were recovered today in Iraq. It is with great sorrow that this is the outcome of the kidnapping of theses two brave Americans who gave their life in defense of this nation. God bless Pfcs. Tucker and Menchaca and their families and a nation pledges our collective gratitude for their sacrifice. With the discovery of the bodies of theses two heroic Americans I feel a sense of out rage from the reports that our soldiers who were kidnapped by those with whom we are at war and as prisoners of war they were tortured and killed. Major General Abdul-Aziz Mohammed of the Iraqi Defense Ministry, said the bodies showed signs of having been tortured. "With great regret, they were killed in a barbaric way," he said. An Iraqi insurgent group that earlier claimed responsibility for kidnapping the soldiers posted a Web statement Tuesday that said the soldiers had been killed by the new leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq. Where is the out cry by the left and human rights organizations through out the world for the violation of the rights of our prisoners and the brutal torture and killing by the enemy of these two brave Americans ? For months even years we have heard complaints concerning the way the United States treats prisoners in Gitmo and a tremendous out cry was heard for the treatment of prisoners in Abu Ghraib. Many on the left have tried to claim that out soldiers are torturing Iraqi women and children with no proof or substantiation of any manner. Groups from the ACLU to the United Nations are condemning the United States for , "violations, " which have yet to be proven at Gitmo and in every instance the, "torture, " that the U.S. has been accused of consisted of sleep and food deprivation, threats by dogs under control on a leash, not allowing them access to the civil liberties granted by our Constitution, for which I might add are for citizens NOT prisoners of war. Even the Geneva Convention states that terrorist prisoners fall under a different category than military POW's. Yet despite this the United States has given prisoners humane treatment in accordance with the Geneva Convention. The soldiers who over stepped their bounds at Abu Ghraib have been dealt with in accordance to military law. So where is the vast out cry of the treatment of our soldiers by Al Qaeda. The hypocrisy is so evident it is disgusting. I realize that complaints about the treatment of our soldiers by Al Qaeda would mean nothing to theses thugs and murderers but the point is that the hypocrisy of the left and human rights groups show that each have a political agenda against the United States and against our military. Theses two heroes were brutally tortured to death and there have been reports of beheading. Their bodies were tossed by a road side and the world is silent about their treatment. The ACLU is silent about their civil rights. The United Nations and other organization who have condemned the U.S. are silent about their human rights. The very same Senators and Congressmen who rushed to the cameras about Abu Ghraib and Gitmo have said nothing about the brutal treatment of our soldiers by the enemy. The liberals in Hollywood who cry for those at Gitmo are silent about our very own who were brutalized. It gives the distinct impression that those who complained so loudly against the United States and are silent about Al Qaeda truly view this country as the evil one and Al Qaeda as the victim who acts in justification against the , "evil great satan!" It would not surprise me to hear of one of these leftist groups or individuals actually claiming that our soldiers received there just rewards and that the United States deserved this type of treatment.

This brutal act by our enemy is yet one more reason why they must be defeated and their Islamic fascism erased from the face of the earth. Why do we fight ? To destroy theses brutal monsters and prevent the murder and desecration that we have witness today from continuing to happen. We fight to stop these terrorist from fulfilling their Jihad to destroy western civilization and killing millions of innocent men, women and children. Pfcs. Tucker and Menchaca gave their lives for this purpose and the thousands of men and women in uniform on the front lines in the war against terrorism are sacrificing daily to do the same. Whether that sacrifice is the ultimate sacrifice or the daily job of performing their duty in defense of this nation. God Bless our soldiers and their mission.

Ken Taylor