Posted on 06/13/2006 4:54:16 PM PDT by mort56
The latest cancerous growth to escape from American journalism’s putrefying Petri dish is the alleged massacre of innocent civilians in Haditha, Iraq. As the tale goes when an IED explosion killed a US Marine during a routine patrol through the town last November, his comrades in arms were so upset they went on a killing spree the likes of which hasn’t been seen since Mi Lai.
There is only one problem. It may not have happened...
(Excerpt) Read more at gmort.blogspot.com ...
There is no such thing as a "routine patrol" in Iraq. My commanding general made it quite clear that EVERY movement about the area was a "combat patrol." The intent was to: identify, close with and destroy the enemy - whether you were running mail or deliberately executing a planned mission.
I rightly stand corrected.
Journalists and other radical leftists have attempted to hinder the war on terror, almost from the beginning.
By playing their "lying games," they are endangering the futures of our children.
They lie. Propaganda has replaced news in many media outlets.
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