Jill Carroll is a journalist for the Christian Science Monitor who was kidnapped and held captive in Iraq for about three months. Wikipedia as a timeline.

For no fucking good reason that I can see, she's been repeatedly maligned by Right Wing Pundits from Imus to the alleged intellectuals who produce content for The National Review. I find this especially infuriating, because it's the absolute worst in Armchair Soldering (or Keyboard Kommandoism, if you like). These jackoffs don't have anywhere near the courage to put themselves on the line like Carroll has, and yet they feel justified to pontificate on her plight, question her courage, and suggest that she's been sleeping with the enemy.

Ugh. How about you go get taken hostage for three months and then we'll see how everyone feels, ok? Maybe then you can bring us back some of that good news we're all apparently missing.

These people have no shame.