Baghdad Pete's Benny
Saddam's favorite reporter, Peter Arnett, is indeed a naturalized American citizen. So . . .
How does one out-traitor the Columbia University employee who wished on our American soliders "a million Mogadishus"? Arnett provides the answer. While American forces are fighting and dying to liberate Iraq, one makes an appearance on the regime's television station to decry American war efforts and to cheer on resistance by Saddam's murderous minions. In doing so, Arnett becomes the first Benny winner to unarguably meet the constitutionally defined standards of treason: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort." (
Article III, Section 3).
Though it will never happen, the latest Benny Award winner should be charged with treason. Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky
agrees.
