Karbon
Hyper hoñorary
ill sum it up for you.
basically this is rel's point
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daaaangg...I haven't heard Digable Planets in ages.
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Leaked Apache Video
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daaaangg...I haven't heard Digable Planets in ages.
Climber
Well-known member
Reporters who join in with a group of insurgents out on the street have to take the risk that goes along with that.
Yes, it's unfortunate, but what they were doing was very risky and if they didn't want to accept the risk, then they shouldn't have been there.
I respect the courage of reporters that do this sort of thing, but at the same time I have little respect for the news industry that tries to malign troops who occasionally kill or maim these same reporters under battle conditions. I couldn't see anything wrong with the actions of the soldiers, they were just trying to do their job and there didn't appear to be any major mistakes being made.
Anybody who second-guesses them should first go out and try to do what they do and live there long enough to have some of their friends killed and/or maimed by IED's.
My
Yes, it's unfortunate, but what they were doing was very risky and if they didn't want to accept the risk, then they shouldn't have been there.
I respect the courage of reporters that do this sort of thing, but at the same time I have little respect for the news industry that tries to malign troops who occasionally kill or maim these same reporters under battle conditions. I couldn't see anything wrong with the actions of the soldiers, they were just trying to do their job and there didn't appear to be any major mistakes being made.
Anybody who second-guesses them should first go out and try to do what they do and live there long enough to have some of their friends killed and/or maimed by IED's.
My
B-Cuz
Honorably Discharged
Reporters who join in with a group of insurgents out on the street have to take the risk that goes along with that.
Yes, it's unfortunate, but what they were doing was very risky and if they didn't want to accept the risk, then they shouldn't have been there.
I respect the courage of reporters that do this sort of thing, but at the same time I have little respect for the news industry that tries to malign troops who occasionally kill or maim these same reporters under battle conditions. I couldn't see anything wrong with the actions of the soldiers, they were just trying to do their job and there didn't appear to be any major mistakes being made.
Anybody who second-guesses them should first go out and try to do what they do and live there long enough to have some of their friends killed and/or maimed by IED's.
My
That about sums it up right.
4tuneit1
Circle Jerk in the Sink.
Reporters who join in with a group of insurgents out on the street have to take the risk that goes along with that.
Yes, it's unfortunate, but what they were doing was very risky and if they didn't want to accept the risk, then they shouldn't have been there.
I respect the courage of reporters that do this sort of thing, but at the same time I have little respect for the news industry that tries to malign troops who occasionally kill or maim these same reporters under battle conditions. I couldn't see anything wrong with the actions of the soldiers, they were just trying to do their job and there didn't appear to be any major mistakes being made.
Anybody who second-guesses them should first go out and try to do what they do and live there long enough to have some of their friends killed and/or maimed by IED's.
My
Excellent analysis. Btw a reporter was just killed in Bangkok http://ibnlive.in.com/news/reuters-reporter-killed-in-bangkok-riots/113074-2.html
Of course it wasn't "leaked" video, or US involvement, so it doesn't get the same sensationalized criticism, but its not like this isn't just par for the course with embedded journalists. Its also why Pulitzers are given out, because of the risks they take to get these stories.
Dove
productively obsessed
Climber is awarded 1 chicken dinner.
Umm yeah, it's much easier to die by US rounds when you are traveling with people that are shooting at US troops. By the way, the real video clearly shows a guy popping around a corner with RPG in firing position, not that we have to wait for him to pull the trigger before we shoot him.
KWeezyXB12
SKRRRRRRRRRRRT!!!!!!
if any of us were in that helicopter i think we all wouldve done the same thing they did
2nsane
Retired Coastie
Climber is awarded 1 chicken dinner.
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