I apologize for linking to the site, but I was curious what kind of reactions the RW blogoshere were having to this shocking video...
http://libertypundits.net/article/embedding-with-terrorists-means-that-you-deserve-to-die/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+patriotroom%2FeKBL+%28The+Patriot+Room%29&utm_content=Google+FeedfetcherEmbedding with terrorists means that you DESERVE to dieWikileaks has released a video accusing US troops of murdering two Reuters journalists. These two journalists embedded with terrorists, and were then killed in battle. Is this murder? Watch the video and decide for yourself:
Ed Morrissey sums up what happened, and points out that the video actually shows quite clearly that the troops did not murder the journalists.
In the video, starting at the 3:50 mark, one member of this group starts preparing what clearly looks like an RPG launcher, as well as some individuals with AK-47s. The launcher then reappears at the 4:06 mark as the man wielding it sets up a shot for down the street. In 2007 Baghdad, this would be a clear threat to US and Iraqi Army ground forces; in fact, it’s difficult to imagine any other purpose for an RPG launcher at that time and place. That’s exactly the kind of threat that US airborne forces were tasked to detect and destroy, which is why the gunships targeted and shot all of the members of the group.
Another accusation is that US forces fired on and killed rescue workers attempting to carry one of the journalists out of the area. However, the video clearly shows that the vehicle in question bore no markings of a rescue vehicle at all, and the men who ran out of the van to grab the wounded man wore no uniforms identifying themselves as such. Under any rules of engagement, and especially in a terrorist hot zone like Baghdad in 2007, that vehicle would properly be seen as support for the terrorists that had just been engaged and a legitimate target for US forces. While they didn’t grab weapons before getting shot, the truth is that the gunships didn’t give them the chance to try, either — which is exactly what they’re trained to do. They don’t need to wait until someone gets hold of the RPG launcher and fires it at the gunship or at the reinforcements that had already begun to approach the scene. The gunships acted to protect the approaching patrol, which is again the very reason we had them in the air over Baghdad.
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Embedding with the enemy? Well, frankly, in my opinion, that makes you the enemy too. These Reuters cameramen embedded themselves with the enemy. Anything they produced would be propaganda for the enemy. I believe that is called treason, and as such, these traitors deserved to be shot and killed. And as Rusty points out, Reuters has a history of doing this.
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