Posted on 09/28/2005 7:09:27 AM PDT by Grendel9
In a free and open society, it's a sad testiment to the current state of affairs when I view the culling and harrassment of journalists to be a good thing.
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Hey Reutewrs, please post the name of the author. Our Delta squad is interested. :)
My heart pumps piss for Rueters.
The soldiers should be reprimanded for not killing the reporters from 300 meters.
What part of WAR ZONE don't you understand Reuters?
It was a bad idea to let the media into a war zone to being with -- especially an anti-American, anti-military, anti-Bush media -- that just serves to aid and abet our enemies.
Bad decision.
Schlesinger said Reuters and other reputable international news organisations were concerned by the “sizeable and rapidly increasing number of journalists detained by US forces”.
"Reputable" in my humble opinion means being able to present both sides of a story ACCURATELY..perhaps the good guys recognize Reuters for what it is, ANTI-U.S., ANTI-troops, ANTI-war and willing to do whatever it can to embarrass us and sympathize with the terrorists..(Reuters does NOT use the word terrorists by the way, they prefer "insurgents"..political correctness and all)..
This should be taken as an indication of progress in the WOT.
So they sit in their hotels and make up stories that have little basis in fact.
There is nothing that says the military has protect the media, especially when the media is functioning as the enemy. Frankly, I'm proud of the restraint the military has shown. If they had not been showing restraint, there wouldn't be a member of the media alive anywhere on the face of the planet.
Reuters is mad because they want to accompany the terrorists to glorify their actions. They don't like the consequences such as being shot with their terrorist buddies.
The left will accept nothing less than total defeat of our troops unless, of course, the left is in power.
Accidental shootings of of reporters should not be countenanced! It should be policy!
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Hey! Let them get their "news" from their usual source, Al Gezeera!
I don't know...embedding the troops worked really
great for the first year. The troops were happy with
the idea; they liked the folks back home being told
where they were (after the action) and what they were
doing, especially re their morale. Then the LEFT
decided send their own reporters into the fray, NOT
embedded, but housed in those poshy hotel rooms. The
good news out of Iraq immediately ceased! From then
on, it was strictly how many American soldiers were
killed that day!
From then on, it was strictly how many American soldiers were killed that day!
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Or, how many soldiers, doing their duty and fighting, can we set up as WAR CRIMINALS AND MURDERERS....
We (nominally, "Iraq") do not need to let any reporters in at all. Those who come in, are under no illusion about the danger of being mistaken for the enemy, that is if they aren't actually the enemy already.
I'm guessing that the only news source most freepers would find reputable, would be the ones that denied these charges...
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