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Tapper: "I don’t mean to disrespect in any way, but it seemed senseless — all of these wonderful people who were killed for an op that went wrong.”
Luttrell: "And my guys — what? They died for nothing?”
Tapper: “No, I’m not saying that.”
Except that’s not what Tapper said.

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Yes.
Yes, it is.
It doesn't matter what he meant to say.
That's what he said.
Saying 'I don't mean to be disrespectful' doesn't prevent you from being disrespectful.
At the very least he chose his words poorly.
Here's one of life's little lessons: Don't chose your words poorly when you are speaking with a former SEAL about his dead brothers.


And another thing - Has this author or TheDC got some kind of thing going on against The Blaze? I'm not a huge fan of The Blaze but what's the point of this article?

1 posted on 01/12/2014 9:25:33 AM PST by servo1969
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To: servo1969

Tapper never said that they died for nothing, but Darcy’s headline makes it appear that he did.

The message of the movie is both heroic and tragic, which is the point I think Tapper was trying to make.


2 posted on 01/12/2014 9:41:10 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: servo1969

Jake, we had not lost the war in Afghanistan, until, dumBO took over. From then on you can take about senseless.


3 posted on 01/12/2014 9:41:37 AM PST by depressed in 06 (America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
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To: servo1969

My favorite thing about the interview was the fear in Tapper’s eyes once he realized that this SEAL was pissed. His fear was palpable and understandable. I was amazed at Luttrell’s self-control.


4 posted on 01/12/2014 9:41:37 AM PST by Dr. Thorne ("How long, O Lord, holy and true?" - Rev. 6:10)
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To: servo1969

jake “turd” tapper... I never liked him and I never will.


5 posted on 01/12/2014 9:44:02 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS! BETTER DEAD THAN RED!)
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To: servo1969

I saw it. Tapper insulted the dead SEALS, the US military, and every American. Then he tried to weasel out of it like a typical leftist.


6 posted on 01/12/2014 9:46:21 AM PST by ozzymandus
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To: servo1969
I watched the whole video of Jake Tapper and what he said. Ex-SEAL Marcus Lutrell called him on it; Tapper got that deer in the headlights look and was visibly squirming. Mark Wallberg, who played Lutrell in the movie, tried to smooth things out, but Jake Tapper had wandered into the minefield armed with his liberal attitudes. He triggered a Bouncing Betty mine (Lutrell) and he got absolutely shredded. Good job, Marcus. These pompous, arrogant, media jerks need to have their heads handed to them on a plate.
7 posted on 01/12/2014 9:46:46 AM PST by MasterGunner01
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Well of course they will claim what Tapper said, is not what Tapper said.

They have precedent they can cite: Barack Obama.

2010: "If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan. Period. If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. Period. Nobody's gonna take that from you."

2012: "I never said that."

8 posted on 01/12/2014 9:46:55 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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Luttrel was hypersensitive? He is guilty only of not being a dummy. He is guilty of having an early eye for the impending ambush, an asset sharpened more quickly by watching what passes for US journalism than by his rough treatment at the hands of the Taliban.

Only a FOOL is surprised if the Spidey senses of an American fighting man kick up a notch when around the likes of a presstitute.

Basically we saw a sound and forceful ambush response. And we all should follow his example.


11 posted on 01/12/2014 9:48:39 AM PST by gaijin
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To: servo1969

Am I allowed to say war is senseless anymore? Or will people think I said war is for nothing?


12 posted on 01/12/2014 9:50:36 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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Obama “Bengazi was about a video...”

Crowly “Obama said Bengazi was about TERRORISM..!”

THIS OLD PATH HAS LONG BEEN CLEARLY MARKED.


13 posted on 01/12/2014 9:52:25 AM PST by gaijin
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To: servo1969
It seemed senseless (done or happening for no reason). I don’t mean to disrespect in any way, but it seemed senseless(done or happening for no reason) — all of these wonderful people who were killed for an op that went wrong.
17 posted on 01/12/2014 10:16:56 AM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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“The whole reason I aired that part of the interview was because I think that disconnect – my reaction to the movie as a civilian, his feelings about the mission as a warrior – is an important part of our society that we never talk about.

Actually, Tapper is on to something here, but doesn't know how to discuss it without doing exactly what he did (step into a minefield).

Liberals do have a disconnect with the military because they look down on that "warrior" mindset instead of marveling at and regarding the patriotism that motivates it as a precious human attribute.

They will utterly wreck the military with their PC swill and then wail when there is no one to defend the walls when the city gets sacked by the barbarians.

That day is coming.

19 posted on 01/12/2014 10:17:27 AM PST by Valpal1 (If the police can t solve a problem with brute force, they ll find a way to fix it with brute force)
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To: servo1969

The Daily Caller ridiculously crafts biased headline,


22 posted on 01/12/2014 10:22:42 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: servo1969

Words don’t mean much anymore. What I saw in that exchange was the fantasy world of the self-aggrandizing media that thinks the world revolves around their fantasy coming face-to-face with the cold harsh reality of what it means to be in harms way and seeing your brothers die in war.

I saw fear in Jake Tapper. I despise the media for thinking they are even worthy of asking these men questions.


25 posted on 01/12/2014 10:29:31 AM PST by IamConservative (The soul of my lifes journey is Liberty!)
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I stopped reading when this ahole nobody Betsy Rothstein referred to Glenn Beck as a “world renowned dingbat.”


34 posted on 01/12/2014 11:00:28 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (The Second Amendment makes all the other amendments possible)
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To: servo1969

Video is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L3EQffdyw8


36 posted on 01/12/2014 11:09:21 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: servo1969

Video of the interview and Tapper’s after-comments. I found his follow-up comments despicable as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GyROs67Sxc


43 posted on 01/12/2014 11:24:28 AM PST by lonevoice (We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality)
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Betsy Rothstein is morally revolting, and not nearly as good at lying as she thinks she is. But like the rest of Hillary’s Thugs, she’s been taught that brazen, aggressive hypocrisy is “skill.”

And that she is invisible.


44 posted on 01/12/2014 11:31:19 AM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: servo1969

Beck has no right to “scold” anyone.


45 posted on 01/12/2014 11:56:36 AM PST by DallasSun
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That was not a question designed to develop facts “Who, what, when , where” or even “why?” It was a question designed to coerce a cheap submission to Tapper’s own point of view through exploitation of Lutrell’s sense of guilt, that is survivor guilt. I haven’t read the book or seen the movie but I’m certain that the theme is there and the offense is that Tapper wanted to exploit it either for personal or political reasons. The anger was a justifiable and intellectually legitimate response.


56 posted on 01/12/2014 2:40:10 PM PST by gusopol3
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