Is This a Trick Question?

I haven't commented on Jill Carroll's ordeal. Just because I live in Ann Arbor doesn't mean I have special insight on this. Mostly, I was just glad she was released and didn't want to comment on her reported statements since she'd just been held hostage by bloodthirsty killers for a couple months. Give her time, I thought.

And this despite my jumping on the statement of the so-called Christian so-called peace team organization on the release of three of four members kidnapped by the enemy. (What happened to the fourth you ask? Oh, murdered by the enemy.) That was a reaction to the statement by the corporate idiots safely out of the war zone.

In any case, Jill's seemingly pro-enemy statements were inspired by fear and she has disavowed them. She may not be a fan of the war but she knows when stone cold killers have held her life in their scummy hands.

Instapundit notes Powerline's post on Jill's undestandable desire to get the heck out of Dodge before honestly commenting. And then asks:

As I said yesterday, Jill Carroll has an obvious excuse. What is the excuse of those on the American left who utter similar nonsense and who defended the substance of Carroll's original coerced drivel?

Is this a trick question? What's the excuse? Have the boys at Powerline not been paying attention?

Those uttering similar nonsense without a gun pointed to their heads want the enemy to win.