Posted on 06/08/2004 4:23:46 PM PDT by .cnI redruM
Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division recently detained three members of an undisclosed media outlet. They took them back to their encampment and asked them several hours of questions regarding a recent roadside bombing that took place near Mosul.
This type of Draconian military behavior should have spawned days of accusatory headlines in 80 font type. Seymour Hersh should have donned the tin-foil hat weeks ago and told us the story behind the story. This should dominate the antiwar outlets of the US media.
This time, that isn't going to happen. Why no outrage? The reason is simple. The media don't want the entire story told on this one.
The media feels this recalcitrance because this story would embarass them as knaves if all the fulsome and scurvy details ever came to light. To the point, these media members knew the time and location of an IED attack aimed at US soldiers, and did nothing to warn our troops. Instead, they sat there with cameras rolling when the bomb went off. God rode with the convoy of soldiers and the bomb failed to strike it's target.
What the IED accomplished, was the stark revelation of exactly how anti-american our major media outlets have truly become. These reporters and photographers wanted some good, gruesome lead footage and were quite content to let their own country lose soldiers.
Incidents such as this could change public perceptions of the media in a way they would never want to see happen. It wouldn't take Protest Warrior long to march with the signs reading "No Blood For Footage".
The Centcom source looks legit. I guess the Media are reliving their anti-military, anti-establishment, 60's mentality.
Ping.
Thanks.
Yeah, they made me sick, too. Pompous twits. 'Above it all', my @$$.
If 'greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his brother,' how much hatred does it take to watch your brother get killed, when you COULD stop it. Probably at no risk to yourself.
Twits.
Not the first time, remember this one.
Fri Jun 4, 6:39 AM ET
U.S. Army troops lie on the ground near a burning Humvee vehicle following an attack in Baghdad, June 4, 2004. Four American troops appeared to have been wounded when a rocket attack destroyed their Humvee vehicle as it drove through eastern Baghdad on Friday, witnesses said. Witnesses said militants had fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the vehicle, employing one of the weapons of choice for insurgents fighting U.S. troops in Iraq (news - web sites). REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz
Please ping me if you find the names.
Tehcnically, they're ghouls, not goons.
Turnaboutis fair play. We should offer NO assistance to media in war zones. If they die, that is unfortunate, but not the military's job to protect them.
Absolutely. If they are "neutral" to the point of actually aiding the enemy, then they shouldn't expect protection.
The media is such a bunch of dogs i wouldn't be suprised if they were from Army times.
I think the entire normal media lies and sucks.
Any rumint on who the reporters were, or their nationality?
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