Judging from the comments the local paper may lose what few subscribers it has left.
I would urge any remaining subscribers to cancel their subscription IMMEDIATELY.
Did he really write this?
Different story here.
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/did-special-forces-snipers-kill-americans-after-katrina/
Former Navy SEAL sniper Brandon Webb charges that some of his colleagues killed American citizens in New Orleans during Katrina’s aftermath.
SOFREP (“The Long Shadow Of Katrina: Military Snipers Engaging U.S. Citizens?“):
In early 2012, I had an unexpected conversation with my friend Chris Kyle (author of American Sniper) about the Katrina debacle. I had heard rumblings about Special Operations (mainly SEALs) snipers being deployed to New Orleans to support the effort to restore order. He confirmed the rumors and shared his own intimate knowledge that close contacts of his, many who were apparently still serving on active duty, took leave to work for the controversial PMC (Private Military Company),Blackwater.
Chris went on to tell me that the bulk of the guys he knew directly had racked up over thirty kills between them near and around the Super Dome. I asked him about Rules of Engagement, and asked, “Who were they shooting at,” and he just gave me a big Texas shrug and smile. I figured out really quick that it was 180 grains of due process (usually to the head at 200M).
Steve Hynd is understandably upset.
Coming from such a source, these accusations have to be taken seriously – accusations that US military snipers killed US citizens inside the US with no due process of law whatsoever, acting as judge jury and executioner. The Bush administration would have to have signed off on the whole thing.
This is why the recent debate on Obama’s signature killing program has focused too much on the method of killing – drones – and too little on the lack of constitutional justification. You don’t need a drone to perform extrajudicial killings, not even of US citizens. If this story is true, then yet again Obama is only following Bush’s lead.
Webb writes that he is bothered by what Kyle told him. I’ll go further. I’m horrified and angered. Those who set up this program are criminals of the highest order – but so too are the supposed heroes of special forces who participated. Even if they were ordered to do this, they should have refused.
Well, yes. It would have been a violation of their oath, which is to the Constitution.
Where did Kyle make that claim?
Thanks, I read 6 and 7.
Hey, Jarvis, OBAMA is a proven liar and he’s running the country! And you support him!
This just doesn't pass the smell test.
Regarding Jesse Ventura all witnesses agreed that A)Ventura was running his mouth like an asshole and B)Ventura wound up on his back bleeding. I guess the widow couldn’t prove Kyle’s claim that he was the one who put lil’ Jesse on his back so she had to pay the scumbag.
“skeptical about Kyle’s claim that the U.S. government sent him into New Orleans “
The writer is lying. No evidence shows that Mr Kyle ever claimed to have done this.
They perched him atop the Superdome, he said, and it was from there that he picked off 30 looters in the city.
Well clearly he didn’t achieve enough. Why only 30 when there were millions down there? I can’t stand lazy snipers who cannot shoot more. 30 piffff (SARCASTIC)
There were things that happened in new Orleans after Karina that no one will ever know about.
There were sniper teams doing battle with other criminal sniper teams.
There were people who were caught looting, painted with a blue L, executed right then and there, and their bodies were incinerated. They simply disappeared.
It was complete civil breakdown involving the worst of the worst people that this planet has to offer, and order had to be restored quickly.
I don’t imagine that was done by asking nicely.