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What it shows is how dire a situation we've placed our young men and women. It also shows how easy it is for them to operate in the field. CNN might have aired it to spur americans to demand change.
I'm no insurgent, but I doubt they would need the airing of a video to want to go kill more troops.
What it shows is how dire a situation we've placed our young men and women. It also shows how easy it is for them to operate in the field. CNN might have aired it to spur americans to demand change.
Propaganda? How exactly is the airing of this footage over American TV going to hurt our troops? Their moral is already incredibly low. The American people already don't want to be there. If anything, the airing is a reflection of where the general American opinion currently is, not where it will go.
How many friends in the military do you have? I have quite a few, including family ... the reason why moral is low is because of the they do show over here, and the American media not always showing the truth. Believe what you will, but I'll take the word of the soldiers I know personally over the mass media.
It has nothing to do with them dying in Iraq?
Considering it is essentially propaganda against us (it's why it was released to CNN in the first place), I would hold that up as argument enough why it shouldn't be aired.If CNN is to be taken to task for not reporting what they could very easily prove in order to keep their credentials, why are some lawmakers asking for CNN's credentials to be pulled based on the airing of this footage? Do they hold the video or show it?
What's cowardly about getting a college education and having a job where going and fighting isn't at the top of my list of things to do? I guess I'm just supposed to abandon my life and go fight so pissy little liberals such as yourself can sit around and about it.
And further, I've sent exactly zero troops to go fight, but I like your logic. Typical of liberals when they don't have an argument, just pull out the ol' "if you support it, why don't you go fight it?"
I could ask you, Dan, croutons, etc. the same thing about the jihad against the West.
Most of the guys I know over there feel good about being there. The only thing that they get bummed about is their perceived lack of support by the folks back home and (thanks to the good ol' liberal left media outcry/peace activists) the overly restrictive rules of engagement that require them to wait for someone to shoot at them before they can shoot back.How exactly is the airing of this footage over American TV going to hurt our troops? Their moral is already incredibly low
Ok, not to sound like an asshole, but when people join the military they should know that there's a possibility they will die in military exercises. Period.
I knew that when I was going through signing up, and my uncle is well aware of it also. He gets to meet people everyday who try and get out (he's an instructor for mental health science, and deems people Section 8.)
So yah, it's the lack of support in the US that lowers their moral.
A family member will soon be there, and I can assure you he gives exactly two s about what they show on CNN or any channel, he is just counting down the days until he gets back.
I sincerely doubt that a soldier who is forced to fight a war he does not care about really ing cares about what chicken hawks think when CNN shows something they don't agree with.
I agree!!! Like when the media was not allowed to show the throngs of dead soldiers returning home via airplane.
perceived by whom? Surely not america...I see support our troop ribbons a dime a dozen up here in dtown and im sure you do to.
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It's called respect.
So the biggest thing effecting moral is CNN programing as opposed to the number of dead or injured American soldiers in a war that is floundering?
The biggest thing affecting moral is the American public's lack of support for the war, and thusly, the troops. What affects the support for the war/administration is how the mainstream media portrays what is happening.
When will you marriotts realize that no matter how many of us become chickenhawks, neocons, or no matter how many of us buy support our troop ribbons that it has relatively little or no effect on what the generals' plan of attack (defense?) is, no effect on how many terrorists pick up an AK, no effect on how many more soldiers are sent over, no effect on how long this civil war will last, no effect on practically ANYTHING, except your dead set chicken hawk minds
But see, you fail to come to the root of the problem. The media is not the one killing soldiers or wasting money in Iraq. They merely report what is happening. They don't make it up!
Oh, and support for the war is not the same for as support of the troops. I believe most troops understand this.
Its totally asanine, its like they're using the media as a scapegoat
I'll take the opinion of troops who are serving over your in dumb ass, period.
I have a question for the "I don't have a problem with it" crowd. Have any of you ever served in the military? I'm guessing the answer is no.
Oh, and that makes our opinion less valid right? Ok.
In this case, it makes a uva difference. Veterans don't see some mindless drone getting shot in footage like this as most civilians do. We see an old army buddy, someone who could be an old friend, and in some instances, we even picture ourselves being shot and used by CNN to boost ratings. The military is brotherhood. We look out for our own. I wouldn't expect you to understand. Anyhow, I'll take that as a no. Next.
You're unreal. You look out for your own but you display more anger at a new network than the government that is getting them killed? Save me your bull . Its a damn shame when CNN uses you for ratings but its not a shame when Bush uses the military as a political ploy. Open your damn eyes.
As I said before, if you're upset at CNN, then don't provide them with your patronage. What more would you suggest? You blew that off as though you had a better option.
Thanks for fighting for the right to live in a society where we only show what the right wing wants us to see....
Oh wait...
OK. We have Manny's rant. Anyone else from the "it doesn't bother me" crowd care to elaborate on their military experience?
Ok i get it, the military is fighting so that they will keep their morale up, and we need to change the country so that their morale stays up, i get it i get it.
Maybe somewhere in your military training you recived training on evading questions because you're doing it damn well.
But then again, ing on the internet against that damn media is fun, isn't it? You'e a joke.
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