SlagleRock's Slaughterhouse
Don't be a fool and die for your country. Let the other sonofabitch die for his.
-- General George S. Patton

April 12, 2004

CNN (a.k.a. - The Communist News Network)

Everyday people all over the world rely on the Cable News Network (CNN) to provide them with information on what is going on. From homeland security issues to terrorist attacks in the middle east. Many consider the Communist News Network (CNN) as a reliable and accurate source of factual information. While I do feel that they report the truth (for the most part) I also feel that they too are becoming biased and far to liberal...

... I remember a time when I had great respect for CNN. But my opinion has shifted. While I was deployed for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM I too relied on CNN for updates on the events surrounding me.

It was good for visual information such as maps, people, places and events but following the bulk of the conflict the focus quickly shifted to the "innocent civilians". CNN appeared to make it a point to show a much larger quantity of footage of Non-Combatans such as the bombed out mosques (failing to report that it housed Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA). They would show "schools" that were struck by cruise missiles and show the picture of the little boy who lost a leg. However, they always seemed to conveniently cut out before they could mention that hiding inside were numerous Fedayeen fighters. Lets not forget that the Iraqi cowards hid behind their children and their women. These are the same people who would fake surrender and then try to attack the troops who were accepting their surrender.

Now, before anyone labels me heartless, or a war monger let me set the record straight. I feel sorry for the true innocents who are caught in the ugliness of war. However, if it is a necessary casualty to prevent the loss of American lives then it is something I can live with.

It is because of the bleeding heart liberals in the media that it has now become fashionable to protest the war. While patriotism is at an all time high, so is the trend to look down upon the defenders of this nation. CNN, I challenge you to return to your roots. It is possible to report without bias, all while keeping in mind that you are an American company. I know where I came from do the employees of CNN?

Posted by SlagleRock at April 12, 2004 09:36 PM
Comments

Heartless? Hell NO! I'd say you were a realist.
There will always be the unfortunate innocents that get killed/maimed in every military action.

The fact is that it seems to be an axiom in every Muslim society that there is no such thing as an innocent, only "martyrs to the cause".

THEY don't seem to respect the innocent, unfortunatly that means that we must ignore our own ingrained idea of combatants and civilians and fight on their terms at some level just as a self defense measure.

Posted by: Delftsman3 at April 13, 2004 09:56 AM

I get same feeling, SR. Just had a NyQuil-induced fit about it, too (sniffle).

Psst - MammaMontezz sent me - welcome and hello from a Navy gal (a civie) ...

Posted by: maura at April 14, 2004 08:04 PM

When civilians are killed and injured because insurgents/military are using them as screens, hiding behind them when they attack us and running to hide among them after an attack, then the deaths and injuries of the civilians are the fault of the insurgents.
Let me repeat for clarity: civilian deaths, injuries, and damage are fully the fault of those who try to hide among them for protection. That is according to the International Law of Armed Conflict, established by the Geneva Convention. It is interesting that CNN can't seem to include that in their reports.

Posted by: Nathan at April 15, 2004 09:25 AM

Hell Yeah

Posted by: Bob at May 5, 2004 03:54 PM

Funny, from watching CNN and FOX it was almost
like watching reports on 2 different wars...
( well... almost)

Where were you deployed to? I was in Qatar.
I loved it there.

Ken

Posted by: Kenneth at June 22, 2004 12:38 AM

Very nice comments you guys have here, congratulations and thanks to allowing my post...

Posted by: Phendimetrazine at April 15, 2005 01:49 PM

Qatar? Jeez you had it easy. I was in LSA Anaconda (Balad Airbase).

Posted by: Ryan at April 18, 2005 01:37 PM
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