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March 31, 2003

Fair, Balanced

In the spirit of fairness, I present the following:

Instapundit, who we have forgiven for his semi-advocacy of anything involving System of a Down, says:

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH SAYS THAT IRAQ IS VIOLATING THE LAWS OF WAR. Glad someone's noticed.

The only problem is that Human Rights Watch also says this:

The United States is right to insist that Iraq honor the Geneva Conventions. But its position is weakened by failure to practice what it preaches in holding 641 prisoners without charges at the U.S. military facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Now, I'm not saying I agree with the views of HRW on Gitmo, but we can't approve of their opinion on one aspect of the debate and offer it up as support for assertions, while discounting their view on the other face of things with which we disagree.

Also, I'm not saying that Glenn necessarily disagrees with them on Gitmo, but plenty of the pro-war folks do - and they might latch on to the HRW claim with much fervor. And they shouldn't. You know, just sayin' is all.