Guests: Fox News military analysts Gen. Thomas McInerney & Col. David Hunt
"Private Kristian Menchaca and Private Thomas Tucker were captured by terrorists in Iraq, hacked to death, their eyes gouged, their bodies defiled. This is payback for the death of Zarqawi, and Americans must decide how to respond. I say Americans because you and I have a stake in this and must speak up so the murders of those soldiers will not be in vain. Talking Points believes the Bush administration has to stop being defensive about waging war. The administration also needs to begin challenging those who are helping the enemy. The ACLU, for example, opposes just about every anti-terror strategy and should be exposed. The BBC also helps the enemy by slanting the Iraq war coverage and portraying the coalition as villains. And the vile Air America radio network does the same thing. The New York Times allowed a suspected terrorist to write an op-ed piece saying he was tortured at Guantanamo Bay. However, the Times failed to tell its readers the man's entire family was convicted of terrorist activities. The USA needs Guantanamo Bay, it needs martial law in Iraq, it needs to fight the terrorists even harder. Anyone who says we're the bad guys, who claims America is the cause of terror, but fails to emphasize why we're fighting in the first place - all of those people must be challenged. No country can win a war against savages unless harsh measures are employed. Let's hope the brutal ordeal of Privates Menchaca and Tucker will wake all of us up."
Fox News video: FoxNews.comFox News military analysts Thomas McInerney and David Hunt responded to the two murders with anger and resolve. "We should take the gloves off," Col. Hunt pronounced. "It's time to stop the nonsense politically and militarily. We need to clean this place up and get the Iraqis to clean this place up. Find who did this and hang them." Gen. McInerney called this a tipping point. "There are people I call 'ACE Democrats' or 'ACE liberals' because they are 'aiding and comforting the enemy.' American people have to understand that if we don't do it there, they're coming here. We've put handcuffs on our military and we've got to take the handcuffs off."
The Factor urged the Pentagon to fight an all-out war. "We're not doing everything we can do to win because we have the New York Times and all these other people making us out to be the bad guys whenever we make a mistake. The Times and the ACLU and the BBC are intimidating our government, and our government should step up now and say enough of this."