I no longer believe that which I read.
"Copter attackers found, killed in strike" by Thom Shanker, New York Times / August 11, 2011
WASHINGTON - A US airstrike has killed the Taliban fighters believed responsible for shooting down a Chinook helicopter and killing 38 people, including 30 US military personnel, the senior commander in Afghanistan said yesterday.
The commander, General John R. Allen of the Marines, said a group of insurgents, numbering fewer than 10, were together as the location was hit by an F-16 strike....
How convenient.
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Related:
With dignity and respect, Obama honors the fallen
SEAL of Defeat in Afghanistan
"The governor of a province in northeastern Afghanistan said yesterday that a NATO airstrike killed four police officers at a checkpoint in the remote, mountainous region....
NATO said it was investigating reports of a friendly fire incident. Mistaken airstrikes and night raids are the leading cause of tension between the US-led coalition and the Afghan government.
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How much more you need?
Also see:
Hamid Karzai abandons special court on election
What a nothing article.
Better off reading this: The Execution Of SEAL Team Six
Also see: Another Chinook helicopter crash lands in Afghanistan days after Taliban kills 38
Entire Stealth fleet grounded
Who knows what really happened, 'eh? The fact that the AmeriKan media is covering up those stories but publicizing a Taliban shoot down makes me question the whole thing. And now we killed the chopper killers, sigh.
I'm rarely reading my Globe these days, readers, for various reasons. Even when I have time it is no longer the thing I want to do. It's not that it isn't news; I'm just sick and tired of the way it is written. I'm tired of the lies, obfuscations, insults, and agenda-pushing. They have been given time to change their ways, and they have not. It's just more and more of the same.
Given my lack of time and enthusiasm, I believe the time has come to stop purchasing the Globe. It is NOT MAINSTREAM anymore, if it ever was. I feel betrayed, readers. I feel betrayed by the newspaper. I was raised and told there was truth and facts in the paper. Swimming through the slop that passes for it today is no longer worth it.
They have no one to blame but themselves.
