ZARQAWI ALIVE WHEN FOUND AND MEDIA TRIES TO CREATE SCANDAL

Zarqawi is dead and for this the vast majority of America and the world are rejoicing. In the midst of the news that has come out about the attack that took out Zarqawi is the news that when Iraqi security forces followed by U.S. troops found him under the rubble he was alive and placed on a stretcher then died moments later from his wounds. It would seem to me that how he died is pretty much insignificant, just the fact that he is dead and that his reign of terror is over which is a great victory in the war. Now enter the media. Once word had been reported by General Caldwell that Zarqawi momentarily survived the bombing and died of his wounds after U.S. troops had arrived the media attempted by their questioning to scandalize the event and almost making our troops out to be the bad guys and Zarqawi the victim. Following are few examples of the ridiculous questioning that met General Caldwell concerning this revelation.

BARBARA STARR, CNN: "You can confirm that US troops themselves saw that Zarqawi was alive, would you describe that as an attempt to escape at that point? Was he strong enough for anyone to have to resecure him? Did US troops try and render medical assistance?
BOB BURNS, AP: Could you give us the rationale for choosing to take Zarqawi out, kill him outright rather than try to capture him?"
JIM MIKLASZEWSKI, NBC: "Will there be an autopsy performed? Was Zarqawi able to speak? Did he say anything either to the Iraqi police or the American soldiers? How possibly could he have survived after two 500-pound bombs were dropped on that facility? Was he thrown clear? Is there any visibility on why he was able to survive those two bombs?"
PAM HESS, UPI: "What's going to happen to Zarqawi's body after the autopsy? Does he get returned to his family?"
TONY CAPPACIO, BLOOMBERG: "In the planning that went into this, was there any going-in assumption that you would try to take Zarqawi alive rather than kill him?"
JEFF SCHOGOL, STARS AND STRIPES: "How can you be sure that Zarqawi died as a result of the wounds without a formal autopsy? When you were cleaning him up, did you have to Photochop his face? Did you have to digitally enhance the photos at all to clean him up, to show him to the world?"
WILL DUNHAM, AL-REUTERS: "How long, how many minutes was Zarqawi alive after the bombing and before he eventually expired, and had he been shot?"

What is the problem?!?!?! Zarqawi is dead, period. Does it matter how or that he actually died after the blast ? The fact that the most wanted man on the face of the earth is no longer a threat and his influence is gone does not seem to matter to the press yet this same media celebrated this death yesterday and now he has almost become a victim of the, "evil, " United States military and the media are even questioning the rational for killing him. Well for you morons in the press here is that rational. Zarqawi was a terrorist responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent people and hundreds of our own military not to mention coalition partners. He was the personification of evil and his death was not only justified but well deserved and necessary! He is not a victim nor a martyr but an enemy who has met his just demise. Instead of questioning the reason and the attack your reporting should consist of a pat on the back for a job well done. Then again why should anyone expect the very biased media to actually seek to report the truth and hail any accomplishment by our military ?

Ken Taylor