Posted on 04/14/2014 3:36:34 AM PDT by don-o
Virtually every time the U.S. fires a missile from a drone and ends the lives of Muslims, American media outlets dutifully trumpet in
headlines that the dead were ”militants” – even though those media outlets literally do not have the slightest idea of who was actually killed. They simply cite always-unnamed “officials” claiming that the dead were “militants.” It’s the most obvious and inexcusable form of rank propaganda: media outlets continuously propagating a vital claim without having the slightest idea if it’s true.
This practice continues even though key Obama officials have been caught lying, a term used advisedly, about how many civilians they’re killing. I’ve written and said many times before that in American media discourse, the definition of “militant” is any human being whose life is extinguished when an American missile or bomb detonates'
I just heard that there are "militants" in Ukraine now.
(Excerpt) Read more at salon.com ...
In the 60's we fought against guerrillas. You don't hear that term any more. I suppose "militants" plays better with focus groups.
UPDATE: Pro-Russia militants attack another Ukraine gov't buildings after deadline from Kiev passes http://fxn.ws/1gudmdB
But when Bush was president, the mediawhores would ignore a dozen or so dead ‘militants’ and focus on the one nearby 12 year old that was hurt.
if they are moslems, they are militants. ALL moslems are commanded to be terrorists by their religion. They are all combatants
Lemmie see, now........
Exactly WHO are they, anyway?
Howasabout ‘practitioners of the religion which cannot be named’? Mebbie ‘Voldemorters’?
‘POTRWCBN of V’ for short?
How about the ones who are going to prison for accepting Christianity?
Hot & heavy since 2007 - Mr Greenwald isn't exactly a quick study.
I guess we should be glad someone at Salon finally noticed.
This is the thorniest problem. A moslem is commanded to lie if they can gain advantage by it, so no moslem can EVER be trusted.
A moslem can 'say' they are a Christian but how do you ever know? You don't.
Fortunately God gives us discernment and the Holy Spirit. I will openly admit that my discernment is not the best, which, when coupled with my severe lack of mercy (I tend to be much more justice driven than mercy driven, it's a characteristic of the teacher motivational gift) makes it hard for me to see any moslem as reformed. HOWEVER, some people can see who is sincere (my late wife was incredible at this. She could discern a fake from three counties away!), and these people will have to weed out the fakers from the new Christians.
The easy part of the problem is that those who are sincere have already got their ticket to heaven paid for (by Jesus of course) so they are safe no matter what happens here.
This is the thorniest problem. A moslem is commanded to lie if they can gain advantage by it, so no moslem can EVER be trusted.
I tend to be much more justice driven than mercy driven, >>>>
I guess I look at it the other way, I tend to give my opinion but I would not want to be Judge nor Jury.
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