The Big Lie About Wanat (COP Kahler), Part 1 of 2

Loose Rounds ^ | 1-2-15 | Shawn

[smokingfrog]

The Big Lie principle, as elaborated by Hitler and Goebbels, is that if you tell a small lie, you’ll be caught on it, but if you tell a really big, even outrageous whopper, people will tend to believe it. It’s an insight into human psychology which helps explain how those two second-stringers wound up seizing the levers of the most advanced nation in 20th Century Europe and running it into the ground, to the detriment of scores of millions worldwide. But right now, it’s making the rounds in our little world, as hired shills for foreign manufacturers lie about one battle to pad their own paychecks. This lie is so bold and blatant that many have come to accept it as true, even though official documents tell another story.

The lie is that, “9 American Infantrymen died on 13 July 08 at COP Kahler at Wanat, Afghanistan, in the Waygul Valley of Nuristan province, because their M4 Carbines jammed”. This lie clearly doesn’t hold up if you read the historical papers, professional analyses, and interviews with survivors. What does hold up is a story of incredible devotion, dedication and heroism on the part of the Americans there, and of intelligent, bold and fearless attacks on the part of their enemies. But there are some facts the foreign-firm lobbyists don’t tell you. to start with, that they’re paid lobbyists. Then, that most of the killed were not using M4s at the time they were killed.

[smokingfrog]

This article comes from weaponsman.com and is re-posted with permission.

The official report can be found HERE. You can start reading at page 141.

[knarf]

Every now and then, something is posted that transports me from my present state of consciousness to a world far, far away ... and yet, (in this case) because I am a vet ('65 - '67), I have somewhat a working knowledge of the subject

And I am reminded of the reality and sacrifice men have made so I can sit here and BE transported ... and I'm humbled to the point that, after I hit 'post' ... I'll need to get away for a few minutes.

These men deserve quiet, memorial thoughts ... at least.

[smokingfrog]

amen