Posted on 11/15/2004 6:04:00 PM PST by Trippin
Subject says it all. I believe that there are pro's to the embedding process, but if so many reporters are practically praying for atrocities to be committed by US troops, or hoping the Iraq war will fail, I think it is a DANGER to the troops to send the reporters with them on their missions.
As we have seen, a Marine is now being accused of a war crime for shooting an unarmed insurgent. However, it is pretty clear that the Marine was not aware of the fact that the man was injured, and given the fact that insurgents routinely fake death or injury to lure soldiers into a booby trap, I think it is a complete outrage the way the US media is handling this. This only insites more hatred and violence towrds our troops, even as they are fighting tooth and nail in Iraq.
In my opinion, the embedding process only affors the media more opportunities to villify the troops, since it is clear that practically none of the reporters embedded with the troops are prepared to report on acts of heroism.
I say we demand the embedding process to be ended, NOW!
I think that if the above post and the one that I am responding to would be reread your position on it would be pretty crystal clear. Seems the best route our embeds could take, and considerably more loyal to our country and our military would have been if the reporter had only reported the incident to those INSIDE the military first. HE held responsibility to do that and IMO, only that, until the investigation was complete or he was given MILITARY clearance (some freedom of movement and that means the movement of information must inherently be restricted during times of war).
While the reporter may not have been wrong (no one really knows unless you were in that room) he handled it atrociously and opportunistically. He did harm, to our country and military and created needless work for those fighting on the morale front who are trying to make sure that those men and women know that they are honored, respected and trusted.
It's not necessary for you, NutmegDevil, to talk about which wars you've been in before I can see the reason behind your statements, I just wanted to thank you for the part that you did in keeping our country and way of life safe. :)
Perhaps a new protocol will result from all of this.I maintain my position that it should have been subject to military channels of investigation first.
His stress level probably was quite high, too. LOL, and fully torqued right now. :-D
I have learned more during this election cycle about democrats, Republicans and the political landscape that we negotiate daily. My husband and I do not get news or entertainment from the TV, if it is on, it's playing Veggie Tales,Nemo or Educational DVDs (we homeschool).
Kudos to Imus, if only these vignettes of decency could be more frequent
Twelve years earlier-WOW- you must be great at social soirees to be able to remember faces or names like that.
I am sure the Nightingale's song was a balm to your spirit and I am honored to be among those to extend my thanks, I never got to with my great grandfathers or grandparents.
I have enjoyed our conversation and look forward to seeing your name on the other threads. :-)
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