Jill Carroll is buggin; that’s what many people are thinking. Her post-release remarks certainly aren’t what you’d think a just-freed hostage would say. Or are they?
Dr. Shackleford at the Jawa Report is urging the blogosphere to withhold judgement of her and “show some class”:
The Jawa Report—After devoting considerable time to the subject I’ve become a bit more sympathetic to the plight of hostages. Whether or not she was anti-American to begin with is irrelevant since she was a civilian operating in a war-zone. Her political views do not change the fact that her captors are savages operating outside the laws of war. I think we should give people the benefit of the doubt, especially when they are victims.
A lot of really slutty chicks get raped, but there’s no reason to bring up that fact right after they’ve been victimized.
Once she’s home if she starts acting like Giuliana Sgrena we’ll call her on it. Until then, my advice to the blogosphere is to have some class. …
Good advice Rusty, thanks.
Jill, glad you’re coming home sweetheart. God bless you.
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The Jawa Report: Blaming the Rape Victim: Jill Carroll
Michelle Malkin: QUESTIONING JILL CARROLL
Washington Post: Questions About Jill Carroll’s Captivity * Excellent story *
Update (3/31/2006 2:39pm):
AP is reporting that Jill Carroll was warned before her release:
Seattlepi—Jill Carroll’s kidnappers reportedly warned her before her release that she might be killed if she cooperated with the Americans or went to the Green Zone, saying it was infiltrated by insurgents. …
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