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!
Amen.
The media guy from NBC better watch his back. If that was my kid he was putting at greater risk so he could get a friggin Pulitzer, he'd be in serious trouble.
Maybe it makes me a totalitarian a-hole, but I agree with you 100%.
You're right. And that reporter should rot in Hell for this episode.
I disagree. On the whole, the embedding concept has given a great many softie leftist reporters a taste for what the American Fighting Man is all about. I've seen several cases of reporters gaining a whole new respect for our military and the professionalism that they exude on a day to day basis.
I trust the American Fighting Man to look good, even on camera. If this kind of weak, lame story is the best they can come up with as some sort of "example" of alleged bad behavior... then it says volumes. I say keep the embeds.
The Marine didn't do anything wrong.The filthy terrorist wouldn't open his eyes and seemed to be playing some sort of game.I don't know why the Marines are trusting the reporters enough to let them see everything.If they try to fry these guys we should raise hell over it.
"Not only do the soldiers have one more guy to worry about"
I suspect they won't be worrying about the safety of reporters anymore. To Hell with the media rats.
Re: This reporter to me is a Quisling.
IMHO - the reporter saw it differently, apparently.
He had to report it if he believed a summary execution had taken place. Combat folks can't summarily take out a wounded, unarmed combatant. Marines know better. That's why it must have been that the situation was seen as life threatening by the marine who shot the wounded combatant.
It is better to have them there, the terrorists can make up any story they want and there would be no one other than the miitary to dispute the charges.
The network news isn't showing the shot he made. They say it's too graphic. Well guess what MSM, WAR is GRAPHIC. If you can't cover it with out going into hysterics over something you don't fully understand then get out. Just don't drag our men down because you can't handle the GRAPHICS
Our troops will learn the lesson we learned in previous wars: You can never trust a journalist to give a fair accounting of anything he sees or hears. A journalist will arrive on the scene with a preconceived and biased agenda and will look for and report only those things that support his agenda. Never talk to a journalist. They will take your words and reconstruct them out of context to appear to support whatever agenda they are pushing. Never let them see you operate, as they will only video those things that will, when taken out of context, embarrass you, your unit, and your country.
How can you prevent embedded reporters from accompanying combat operations? If liberal-left journalists have frequent and unexplained “accidents” while accompanying your operations, they will no longer want to accompany them. Not only are liberal-left journalists liars, they are also cowards.
That's exactly the way I saw it. There was terror in the marine's voice (and rightly so). It was a shame the wounded could not be taken care of, but there were insurgents to fight.
Why are our "friends" in the blue country media harping on this?
So what war were you in?
That's all well and fine, when you're ass isn't in the line of fire.
The reporter is a scumbag. Our brave fighting men are fighting the worst of the worst. For that CS from NBC not to choose sides (Our's) is a disgrace.
You're dreaming. Did the terrorists unleash this? Did they unleash Abu Ghraib?
These pinkos with the press have blood on their hands. They are a tougher foe than the insurgents.
"Even Dan Rather thought the Marine was innocent."
I missed that. How was this reported on CBS? Fox has been almost shockingly unprofessional about this incident.
I'm sure of it.
I agree. They can call me what they want, they are wrong on this score. They have blood on their hands. They are working hand in glove with the real totalitarians-- the insurgents they never neglect to find excuses for.
"Why are our "friends" in the blue country media harping on this?"
Because they hate our Country. And they hate the good, decent, brave men who are defending it. It's really not complicated.
I agree. FNC has been a disgrace. FNC is a POS network too. Holy God, Ailes needs to start firing people.
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