CNN Anchor Charges Israel Intentionally Allowing Hezbollah Rockets to Hit

Camera.org ^ | 8-7-06

[HawaiianGecko]

The problem with shooting down a Katyusha rocket is that it's burn time is only about 2 seconds and the rest of the flight is a 'cold' parabolic arc. There is no heat signature to lock onto. It's like trying to shoot down an artillery shell. It's just not going to happen. At least not for a few more years.

[Armedanddangerous]

I thought I was the only one who caught that exchange..

[MarMema]

I thought this was going to be a joke, from the Onion or something.

Unbelieveable. Stay strong.

[SJackson]

Same charge from the Washington Post 3 days later. Probably heard CNN.

Speechless (IDF puposely letting Hezbollah kill Israel Citizens???)

[Slings and Arrows]

A good terrorist is a dead one with either an Israeli or American Bullet ih him/her or sent to hell via a air ordinance.

You're going have a bomber drop restraining orders on them?

Might be a better idea to use some air ordnance. ;^)

[michigander]

It's like trying to shoot down an artillery shell. It's just not going to happen. At least not for a few more years.

Tracking the MTHEL Laser

That would be an amazing turnaround for a device whose development timeline moved at considerably less than the speed of light. Originally called the Nautilus, it was conceived in 1994 as a chemical laser test bed to determine if shooting down artillery rockets was feasible. It certainly did that well -- the prototype laser has shot down at least 47 targets, some in salvos, including rockets, mortars, shells and even a helicopter.

[raygun]

They - they have the capability to do that.

That statement right there is the crux of the matter. Because it is the foundation, the presupposition, for the conclusion: Israel is a bunch of heinous evil bastiges.

That the statement comes from somebody who's job it is to know (in that the onus is upon them to have their facts straight), makes the allegation all the much more odious.

That however is merely reflective of that persons absolute stupidity, their ignorance notwithstanding, and doesn't fall to what would be considered the most egregious of errors: lying.

Please watch the following video featuring a report from CBC's Christina Lawand from [Aug 4] National [broadcast]. Lawand follows the Conservatives to Cornwall, Ontario to report on the governing party's caucus meeting. Watch how Lawand takes a Harper answer at a press conference and applies it to her own view of the Prime Minister.

CBC Blindsides Harper

What makes that report so egregious is in the biased presentation of facts through selective reporting of them. Lying can be done three ways: deliberate falsehood, tell the truth (just not all of it), or tell the truth (but in such a manner that you'll be perceived as lying). Clearly the correspondant's biased is framed with the selective reporting of the facts, ergo the reporter is lying.

[RetiredSWO]

Yes, that's what military analysts have told me.

They figured it out from playing HALO II

[MarMema]

Pay no mind to these idiots. It's the blame the victim at all costs scenario.
Because if Israel is right about how horrid Hezbollah is, they'll have to wake up from their little dream worlds and acknowledge that evil does exist.
That would put them too uncomfortably close to believing in a divine being, gasp. or pursuing a religion. Communists and ivory tower elites just can't allow that to happen,
because they have already sold their souls to intellectualist humanism.

[RetiredSWO]

I don't believe the Hizbo's rockets reach the necessary apogee for intercept.
As for the laser I don't believe it is operational yet (although soon will be)

[MAD-AS-HELL]

yes, going to go back to the Clinton way of fighting terrorism and just lawyer them to death with restraining orders.

[LibWhacker]

But far more disturbing than Ms. Church’s perhaps understandable ignorance about missile defense...

It's not understandable; the stupid bimbo could've taken a minute to look it up before spreading Hezbollah propaganda on the airwaves.

[mware]

I suspect CNN is not a very popular news channel in Israel. On the other hand they say FOX NEW is very popular.

[ApplegateRanch]

Oh, yes; those crafty Jooooz! "Of course, as long as it is only ARAB Israelis being killed..." will be the next part of this despicable propaganda?


visit http://www.PizzaIDF.org and buy some IDF troopers a pizza.

[Beckwith]

Stupid girl!

[Slings and Arrows]

:^)

[MAD-AS-HELL]

Ok, I just ordered them a canadian bacon pizza.

[raygun]

Dude. Clearly the MSM doesn't understand anything but spin. On the Rush show 31 Jul, I heard some bimbo talking about how tacky it would be for Israel to parade its casualties in front of the media. And since they can't do so, they've lost the PR war."

Unreal, so this is how the left is spinning Israel's inability to spin, i.e., non-spin spin. What's next? War is peace - Strength is weakness - Freedom is slavery? Nevertheless, and that notwithstanding, its an intellectually bankrupt and untenable leftist position. Because if that indeed is the presuppostion, how can anybody conclude that any value would be placed by Israel on civilians anywhere (if they'd sacrifice their own civilians for such purpose)? Or perhaps, its the MSM's understanding that the Hex-Ebolians are preventing civilians from fleeing battle-zone free-fire areas so that they can preserver their moral high-ground to continue rocket attacks on Israel?

[sofaman]

Yup....any questions about media bias?

[ichabod1]

Oh yeah, absolutely true. They're both neat tricks, as the poster said, if it wasn't for the left we'd probably HAVE tactical missile defense by now.