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Has this been mentioned in the Legacy media or press? I saw a one sentence blurb on FoxNews website about 'Ethan' (not Eason) Jordan...but that is it. Why hasn't it been covered yet? Even TKS was saying that it might not be media bias...yet. Give it a day or two to make the papers. That was several days ago.

Second, when it does break, (assuming it does), I think there will be a lot of talk about what the word 'targetting' means. That is probably the discussion happening in the Newsrooms now.

There are subtle differences in meaning and that is what Eason is going to try to backpedal on. Terrorists target civilians meaning that they deliberately try to kill them...they are 'aiming' at them. The US military kills civilians too...but they are collateral damage because we are aiming at legitimate targets, but sometimes civilians get killed too...especially when the legitimate targets are violating the laws of war and hiding behind them.

During his backpedaling, Eason Jordan brought up an incident during the invasion of Baghdad as the US 'targetting' journalists...except it wasn't targetting in the proper definition. The US military aimed at and hit journalists, but did NOT target journalists...they targetted enemy forward observers.

During the initial dash into Baghdad the Army recieved indirect artillery fire and our Signal Intelligence guys picked up enemy forward observers adjusting that fire (making it far more effective and deadly)(it is also worth noting that the enemy was firing artillery in a very built up area rather indescriminantly). The unit was informed and they looked for artillery spotters...who could see them to adjust the fire. They saw two men on a high story hotel balcony with electronic equipment taking a major interest in them, fired a tank round, and hit what they were aiming at. It turns out that the two men were journalists trying to get footage of the American military advance. The military did not say, "Hey, there's two journos over there, let's kill them!" The military knew there were people adjusting fire on their position and saw two likely candidates and killed them. But Eason Jordan tried to call that 'targetting journalists' That in itself is a slander against our brave troops.