"Despite Democratic Presidential Nominee John Kerry's assertion that as President, he would "use every available resource to destroy terrorists and deny them sanctuary�and new recruits," one of the invited guests at the now-concluded Democratic National Convention was an organization that has served as a terrorist recruitment tool, a communications conduit for al-Qaeda in general and Osama bin Laden in particular. This network has repeatedly described Palestinian suicide-bombers as "martyrs." High above the platform and the sea of "Kerry-Edwards" placards, covering the convention from a skybox towering over the Fleet Center floor was Arabic network al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite news agency whose allegedly "factual and accurate" news coverage has been blatantly anti-American. The Democrats were at least savvy enough to remove the network's banner, which had been strategically placed near the speakers' podium. But how could any candidate or political party "serious" about terrorism make no fuss about allowing such a news group inside its convention?...
...It would appear al-Jazeera not only shares the airwaves with al-Qaeda; it shares personnel, as well. In 2003, Taysir Allouni, a popular reporter for al-Jazeera, was arrested in Spain for having links to the al-Qaeda terrorist group. Allouni, who interviewed Osama bin Laden after 9/11, was accused of giving assistance to two al-Qaeda officials: Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, alias Abu Dahdah, who was arrested in November of 2001, and is believed to have been Spain's al-Qaeda commander; and Mohamed Bahiah, alias Abu Kalhed, who is believed to be an al-Qaeda militant fighting in Afghanistan....
....Al-Jazeera has also continually and purposely disregarded the Geneva Convention. By airing video footage of captured American soldiers being interrogated and killed, they are in direct violation of Article 13 of the Geneva Convention, which holds the protection of prisoners of war from public curiosity. The agency has flouted this directive, displaying every instance of this occurring, and obligingly passing along the captor's demands. The network also recycled Ba'athist propaganda during Operation Iraqi Freedom.."
This is knee-jerk because it is very predictably and dishonestly critical of Democrats for something that was also done by Republicans.
Defending Al Jazeera is not, in and of itself, inherently knee-jerk. You certainly didn't find my defense of them predictable. You assumed I was defending Ritter. And calling Republicans (as well as Democrats) as a whole, liars and hypocrites is hardly knee-jerk. It's a fact, and can be proven.