In today’s WSJ, Newt Gingrich cautions the American media on its hysteric response to the Iraqi prison scandal:

“The media coverage of the violations of American law against Iraqi prisoners is in peril of setting a dangerous double standard for America and the Arab world. The administration must be very careful in explaining how we feel and what we will do. Otherwise our enemies will use our own words as an excuse to exploit this double standard.”

“To be clear, a very small number of Americans did a terrible thing at Abu Ghraib. And because we live under the rule of law, and we take protecting the Constitution seriously, the accused will be investigated and, when guilty, punished. The incidents themselves are to be condemned.”

The fact that Mr. Gingrich’s warning is necessary is more unfortunate than the acts committed in Abu Ghraib. The spectacle of Congressmen and Senator Kerry leaping at the chance to scream for Secretary Rumsfeld’s resignation reveals that political power means more to the left than our country’s freedom from terrorism. Steadfast leadership in the White House and Department of Defense is essential to victory in the war against terror, but partisan Democrats place greater importance on electing “Anybody but Bush” in November.

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