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Hands Off Jill Carroll

By Rory O’Connor, AlterNet. Posted April 3, 2006.

This article about some folks in the media who have been bashing now-freed journalist/hostage Jill Carroll just steams me! STEAMS!

Would these guys have been happier if Carroll had refused her captors’ orders, resulting in yet another a taped murder? Is that a brave American legacy? Does that make a better American hostage?

Favorite quote: …former hostage, U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. McCain said on Meet the Press that Carroll’s comments in the video should not be taken seriously. “This was a young woman who found herself in a terrible, terrible position. And we’re glad she’s home,” McCain told NBC’s Tim Russert. “We understand when you’re held a captive in that kind of situation, that you do things under duress.”

Steamed, I say, steamed!