I have been keeping an eye/ear open. What I have heard from the MSM was infuriating. On NPR last week their purposefully structured sentences implied that all the civilians were killed by irresponsible crazy spec-ops. This seems ridiculous considering where the IED went off and where the small arms battle ensued. The Al Qaeda/Taliban attack occurred in a market area making civilians the target. Al Qaeda/Taliban succeeded in pinning the blame of all civilians deaths on the spec-ops for various reasons. It sickens me that MSM is ALWAYS duped by Al Qaeda. If it were me, I would simply state Al Qaeda/Taliban attacked the spec-ops/civilians in close quarters and people died due to the callous nature of Al Qaeda/Taliban planning and philosophy. Unfortunately, MSM sides (MSM’s sentence/story structure) with our enemies and seems to prefer the primitive lifestyle of Al Qaeda/Taliban to that of the West. If that were not the case the reporting on the GWOT would be very different.
I still do not understand why the Military bigwigs have made the statements they have made these past couple of weeks. I am not up on the evidence that was collected and I am happy to hear that the Marines’ attorneys are able to prove their case. I strongly believe, considering the local of the ambush, that not all civilian deaths (27 I believe) were caused by our guys. This whole episode leaves much to be desired from Karzai, the Pentagon and MSM.
BTW, any word if AP filed a complaint against Al Qaeda/Taliban? My guess is NOT, once again proving my point that MSM and their die hard followers enable the enemy.
Surely your feelings are echoed by many of us. This is going to be another Haditha. All the damage will be done, SF individuals will suffer along with their families, and in the final outcome it will be proven our guys did not act outside their ROE.