Reporters and many people in this country are quick to believe anything bad about our military. In particular, reporters have been pounding on the doings at Abu Ghraib ad nauseum in hopes of uncovering this war’s My Lai.
From the first, the reports coming in about the US attack on a wedding party in western Iraq were given instant credibility. Media types were quick to attribute this attack to the military (“poor dears, they didn’t know any better”) not realizing that the people shooting at them were actually shooting in the air in celebration. Wretchard has been on top of this from the beginning. Now, this offers more clarification of the situation.
I understand each news organization wanting to break a story. I simply wish they would not automatically assume the worst of our troops. We have a far better record than anyone else in the world, at any point in history you care to choose.
Thanks, Oda Mae!