Wrong. These are the victims:
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The Taliban can't really hope to persuade or demoralize Americans,
so they reach out to Muslims or Arabs who might already harbor anti-Western feelings... Fields said.
Posted on 11/06/2001 1:08:33 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:39:01 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Taliban say 95 American soldiers have been killed since the United States started military action inside Afghanistan. The U.S. says three soldiers have died, none in combat.
The Taliban say they have shot down at least two U.S. helicopters. The Pentagon says there have been three helicopter accidents, two caused by bad weather.
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Wrong. These are the victims:
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The Taliban can't really hope to persuade or demoralize Americans,
so they reach out to Muslims or Arabs who might already harbor anti-Western feelings... Fields said.
The stuff they claim is getting to be funny.
The truth is probably somewhere in between the two, tilted a bit towards the US view I'd guess.
The difference is simple. One can be found out to be true or not and will be broadcast over the whole world if it is false. That same one has a free press that is hostile to the land that gives it its freedom, so is more than willing and wants to find any fault in the government. The other has no free press and allows no reporters except those vetted by it and are shown only what the government wants. And if a reporter steps out of line, they die. Not to difficult to know who is telling the truth. But my guess is you have never known anything but freedom, so have no idea what the rest of the world is all about.
That same one has a free press that is hostile to the land that gives it its freedom, so is more than willing and wants to find any fault in the government. The other has no free press and allows no reporters except those vetted by it and are shown only what the government wants.Yes, the reporters are only being shown what the Taliban wants them to see, but some small percentage of what they say is true. Not every bomb hits the right place. Some innocent people do die.
And it's just silly to think you should believe everything the Pentagon says. A heck of a lot more than you should believe the Taliban, yes, but not everything they tell you is strictly truthful.
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