DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2001� - New Yorker story false...
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At 07:00 PM 11/04/2001 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
Drudge flashes about lots of things. It's nice to get a bit of context besides just the URL, Jim... This is the Pentagon claiming that the story about Delta Force getting shot up during a raid on Afghanistan is incorrect. Seymour Hersh is a journalist who's annoyed the Pentagon for decades, printing stories they don't want printed. This one they're denying before it even hits paper... Also, I don't see any evidence that he "strongly debunked" the story; he flamed it aggressively, but to strongly debunk something you need facts, not just assertions. You also need to have read the story you're debunking, which the spokescritter indicates he hasn't. The phrase " My guess is and my belief is that" also makes it clear that he doesn't know the facts of what happened, though he does indicate that US forces had a helicopter accident and some parachute accidents, and comes close to implying some problems with friendly fire, because he'd rather admit that than admit that The Enemy shot US soldiers. Bunk. =============== PENTAGON: NEW YORKER STORY FALSE, NO SERIOUS INJURIES DURING DELTA RAID Sun Nov 04 2001 15:13:35 ET Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers strongly debunked a story filed by the NEW YORKER's Seymour Hersh [set for publication on Monday] which claims U.S. Delta members were seriously injured during a raid on Mullah Omar's complex in Afghanistan. ..... ===============
On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Jim Choate wrote:
Um, yeah, right. Amazing how every single thing we have done has been "flawless", how what few casualties we have taken have *all* been from non-taliban causes, how every missing/downed aircraft has been from "dust storms" or other "bad weather"... Does the US really believe that anyone else believes this propaganda bullshit? -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------
On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 07:01:43PM -0800, Bill Stewart wrote:
Also, I don't see any evidence that he "strongly debunked" the story; he flamed it aggressively, but to strongly debunk something you need facts, not just assertions. You also need to have read the
Right. He claims the report is untrue, but (as Jim really should know but doesn't appear to) that does not equate to a debunking. -Declan
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