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[theweaselking]

Texas Congresscritter, upon seeing the video of a Marine murdering captives in cold blood, insists that this is why they shouldn't let reporters into the combat zones.

Texas Democrat Sylvestre Reyes says it's time to rethink the presence of embedded reporters in combat zones. During a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee, Reyes compared it to a football game, saying "we don't want to know everything that's going on on the field." Reyes says this is not censorship. In his words, "We should not be providing the Al-Jazeera the kind of propaganda they've had the last couple of three days."

Marine Corps commandant General Michael Hagee disagrees, saying embedded reporters have actually worked very well and inform the American public about "what these great young Americans are doing over there."
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Which of those two statements is scarier?

Comments

[thathatedguy.livejournal.com]

I'd like to think that the general's comments were a veiled way to say "look at what is going on here" without sounding "unpatriotic."
The more of this bullshit I see, the more I think of Babylon 5.

[publius1.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Bush is President Clark.

[dolston.livejournal.com]

The first one. The vast majority of US soldiers have performed admirably given the situation they have been put in. Even more so considering a number of them likely disagree with the war.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I agree. I simply think the timing of that comment, in the context of shooting helpess and wounded captives, is... unfortunate.