‘BULLSH** From Rolling Stone’: Journalist Attacks Magazine‘s ’Kill Team’ Story
- Posted on March 30, 2011 at 10:53am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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We linked this story on the blog earlier today, but it’s worth some real estate on the front page.
Yesterday, independent, experienced journalist Michael Yon wrote a scathing critique of Rolling Stone‘s recent story on the Afghan “Kill Team” and how members of that group were caught posing with corpses. According to Yon, it’s “BULLSHIT.”
Yon would know, he was embedded with the 5/2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) in Afghanistan — the same brigade that housed the soldiers now in question. Yon explains that in his entire time with the brigade, he never witnessed anything remotely suspect:
The brigade gave me open access. I could go anywhere, anytime, so long as I could find a ride, which never was a problem beyond normal combat problems. If they had something to hide, it was limited and I didn’t find it. I was not with the Soldiers accused of murder and had no knowledge of this. It is important to note that the murder allegations were not discovered by media vigilance, but by, for instance, at least one Soldier in that tiny unit who was appalled by the behavior. A brigade is a big place with thousands of Soldiers, and in Afghanistan they were spread thinly across several provinces because we decided to wage war with too few troops. Those Soldiers accused of being involved in (or who should have been knowledgeable of) the murders could fit into a minivan. You would need ten 747s for the rest of the Brigade who did their duty. I was with many other Soldiers from 5/2 SBCT. My overall impression was very positive. After scratching my memory for negative impressions from 5/2 Soldiers, I can’t think of any, actually, other than the tiny Kill Team who, to my knowledge, I never set eyes upon.
He goes on to paint Rolling Stone‘s decision to include video of soldiers — not a part of the “Kill Team” — shooting Afghan men on a motorcycle as deceptive. Again, he would know — he had the video before Rolling Stone did:
Rolling Stone commits a literary “crime” by deceptively entwining this normal combat video with the Kill Team story. The Taliban on the motorcycle were killed during an intense operation in the Arghandab near Kandahar City. People who have been to the Arghandab realize the extreme danger there. [...]
The killing of the armed Taliban on the motorcycle was legal and within the rules of engagement. Law and ROE are related but separate matters. In any case, the killing was well within both the law and ROE. The Taliban on the back of the motorcycle raised his rifle to fire at our Soldiers but the rifle did not fire. I talked at length with several of the Soldiers who were there and they gave me the video. There was nothing to hide. I didn’t even know about the story until they told me. It can be good for Soldiers to shoot and share videos because it provides instant replay and lessons learned. When they gave me the video and further explained what happened, I found the combat so normal that I didn’t even bother publishing it, though I should have because that little shooting of the two Taliban was the least of the accomplishments of these Soldiers, and it rid the Arghandab of two Taliban.
Read the rest of Yon’s thoughts here, including his call to action against Rolling Stone.
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Comments (166)
wise grandma
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:50amI just wonder who is standing around taking these pictures and why?
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:49amTalking to yourself again idiot? Everyone here knows you are a punk, just so you know.
Report Post »politicaljules
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:49amOur troops will not only be demonized, but is is likely they will be butchered in Libya, and then drug into court for crimes against humanity over obama’s war. I am convinced this is a big part of the agenda to put them into harms way.
The radicals want to put them into Gitmo type prisons and then take our weapons to attack Israel. I fear for our troops, our country, and for Israel. Praying for them all daily.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:47amGOD bless YON !!!!
Report Post »ginger100
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:45amLike, wo man, whhhp rollingstone is whhhhp BS. whhhhp thats heavy
Report Post »Sandy
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:42amThe problem is this, Rolling Stones is read by the Socialist pot smoking youth that wants everything given to them. Can’t depend on DOJ to go after them. We must connect with the youth to let them understand the propaganda being fed to them for brainwashing.
Report Post »KL
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:42amAnother SAD example of what this country is becoming. This story would NEVER have been printed in this country just 30 years ago.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:48amthis story would never have been printed in Bill Blowhard Clinton’s 1999.
Report Post »Bronco II
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:41amI get Michael Yans newsletters and visit his web-site it’s great.
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:39amtermlimitsnow . . . Cool pictures, eh? Like that? Sure you do. Ratta tat tat. That’s a good boy.
Report Post »jim
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:34amRolling Stone is a comic book for chronics. Amazing that it’s considered “literature,“ or ”journalism” by anyone. Every article reads like lines from the movie “Almost Famous”: “I was given full access… I could go anywhere at anytime… they trusted me… I was one of their own… then, I just made stuff up…” The rag should be called more appropriately, “Dazed and Confused”: “I love high school girls. The older I get, they stay the same age…”
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:30amI tried to read rolling stones magazine once, seems a conservative mind just can’t integrate to juxtaposed positions.
Report Post »harvsibley
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:24amRS is a great magazine….. for music. Other than that, i turn the page and move on. Lets be honest, since when did anybody, even on the left, take RS serious??????
Report Post »1956Danelectro
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 7:36pmRolling Stone is a garbage magazine for music. I stopped reading when they kept trying to tell the world CamperVanBeethoven ws the best band ever. In the words of David Lee Roth “Wanna know why critics love Elvis Cosello?They look like Elvis Costello.” And if you don’t understand what he meant by that(cuz I like EC) he meant they only like what they like and aren’t open to anything else. As far as serious journalism goes, the best stories they ever did they ganked from someone else. Look war is an ugly business,people die. They’re supposed to,numbnuts. But then again most of you would hate my answer to war. Its like my dad said “If your gun clears leather, kill’em all.”
Report Post »Ksera Sugarmail
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:22amThe publishers of Rolling Stone need to slowly back away from the bong and get their facts straight.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:20amYour typical Rolling Stone reader sounds a lot like the dialogue on an old Cheech & Chong album.
Report Post »code green
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:36amI don’t think Rolling Stone is as sophisticated as Cheech and Chong
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 1:51pmCode, good point.
Report Post »jnorth21
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:19amRolling Stone saw these pictures and started drooling over the anti-military propaganda they could push. The people at Rolling Stone are scum just as the soldiers who were in the “killing squad” are. They singled out 5 soldiers who were probably scumbags before they ever put on a military uniform. I have had two best friends in the Marines and have been around many of their marine buddies when visiting and always felt welcomed (except for the ragging on each other but we’re guys its what we do). 99% of all military members are great to be around. Just as with anything else there are going to be jackasses in every population.
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:40pmYeah nothing new here, since these photos came from a German News source so Rolling Stone is nothing more than an illiterate paper version of a website like Huffington Post. Sites like this crawl the web looking for news that is not available in the US and then makes it look like their own, kind of like plaigerism that pervades the MSM.
Report Post »mom4times
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:17amIsn’t Rolling Stone what did Gen. McCrystal in…..or am I thinking of another mag
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:19amYes, indeedy! They‘re like James O’Keefe only cool.
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:36amCool? LOL, you’re such a doooooooooooochebag Dawg.
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:23pmMOM4TIMES,
You’re correct. It was General Stanley McChrystal. He is a good,good,man.
He Is a Soldier’s soldier. He was perfect for his assignment in this World War III.
The troops respected him. Our military is diminished by his absence.
Not to worry though Mom4times. We still have stalwarts like Admiral Mikey Mullen who is all for Don‘t Ask Don’t Tell sensitivity training for our troops in Afghanistan.
Gen. McChrystal was brought down by a jerk(with)off at Rolling Stone. Now Rolling Stone is doing it again with the Stryker Brigade.Do not think for one nanosecond they would not do it to General Petraeus if they could.
“WAR IS HELL”…,to include THIS one.Just know this…,your soldiers are weary.President Barry Dunham pays hollow lip service to them.they know it.
Now Libya?
There is no one at Rolling Stone who has the cohones to serve.It is our Military that affords them the FREEDOM to be their snarky little selves. This is BULLSH@# from Rolling Stone.
Report Post »They have WENIS ENVY(think FREUD).
BIGJAYINPA
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:15amI remember Rolling Stone From the ‘70’s. They were nothing but drug soaked anti-American hippies then and they have degenerated since then. Anybody that reads this rag for anything other than amusement or to keep track of the thinking of our enemies is not someone whose opinion or thinking is of any weight or value. The First Amendment gives them the right to print their garbage but it lays absolutely no requirement upon me to either read it or give it any credence.
Report Post »Ashrak
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:13amWhat part of “war” do these progressives understand?
Report Post »Non-sequitur
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:34pmWar gives you the right to hunt civilians like animals now?
Report Post »M-Theory
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:34pm@Non-Sequitur: who can really tell who is a civilian and who is a combatant in war any more when so-called civilians remain in the battle zone? Just ask Marcus Luttrell what happens when you err on the side of presuming civilians are non-combatants.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:10amRolling Stone is bird cage paper.
Report Post »Bill in Texas
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:07amThe Rolling Stone should stick to Music and stay out of polotics. Just as the rest of the lamestream media it’s just a propaganda tool of the Obamanation Regime and the Demoocrat Party aka Socialist Party.
Report Post »NOKOOLAIDDRINKER
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:14amDitto!!!
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:46amadd Hollywood too “political opinion”! I no longer wnat to see some hollywood “starlet” telling me to spend my money somewhere they have NO IDEA about! Once a “starlet” loses her/his edge and is taken off even the D list political discourse IS NOT a way for a comeback!!!!
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:07amthe rolling stone,is a worthless magazine,and are part of the soros money whores who would sell their own mothers for a piece of the soros bank roll, why do anyone read this crap. i say throw that stone off the deep end and see how fast they can come back. communist supporters.
Report Post »Ironeagle
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:04amRolling Stone sucks.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:04amPC war is bull excrement. Send the military in, break everything, until unconditional surrender is accomplished. Then rebuild nothing. These propagandists need to be stopped.
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:28amThe way things are today since the 1960′s if the Japanese bombed Pearl and the Germans invaded France, Poland etc, WE would be the ones to surrender. The America of patriots and citizens proud to be Americans no longer exists.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:44amJD… I am still willing to defend America from “enemies” foreign and domestic!
Report Post »pandora
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:08pmJD you are not alone. There are more true Americans than you might imagine.
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:13pmCemerius, I am too and equipped to do it, I am saying the over all, average American Idol viewer has no clue. Their attention span is as long as 90% of a TV commercial break.After that they fall into a coma again unril their Union Leader gives them a placard and a chant.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:01amWhen is the military going to learn that Rolling Stone maybe shouldn’t get the access they keep giving them?
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:10am@gonzo,guess what??? went fishing again saturday,and did pretty good,and man were they good eating to. just rubbing it in a little,not really,just wanted to say good morning,and have a great day.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:19amI’m jealous once again! What are you catching?
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:31am@gozo, catfish,went lake limestone and loaded up, wish you where here to go next time,but don’t worry,i will let you know the next time i sneak out from work,hopefully the wife don’t catch me again,o well ,it was fun anyways. have a great day.
Report Post »loadingmyclips
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 10:59amSince when is Rolling Stone anything but amusement for druggies??
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:08amDoes anyone seriously read Rolling Stone anymore? I used to read it as a kid for the music and band info and I don’t remember much about the politics in it if there were any. What commander in the military in his right mind would give access to that liberal, counter culture rag?
Report Post »chickenlittle
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:15amI’ve heard that Rolling Stone is a “must read” at Obama’s daily security briefings.
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:18amSince it started busting rednecks and wannabe warriors.
Report Post »OneFunR6
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:19amThe “end-game” is to enact martial law in the US and prevent a Federal Election on Nov. of 2012, which “they” now know they will lose, thanks in part to Mr. Beck.
“They” want to cause another complete oil embargo to the US, by empowering the Islam- Fascists,
be it Iran, Al-Qaida, the Muslim Brotherhood, etc.
OR,….
“They” want to cause another complete economic collapse IN the US, by continually printing money, and/or getting enough people to stop paying back into the system, ie, mortgage/student loan defaults, etc.
“They” WANT to CAUSE RIOTS in the US in order to enact martial law in the US.
Can you feed your family without going to the “stores”…?
What will YOU do when “they” come for YOUR guns…?
More importantly, can you help FEED your NEIGHBORS…?
MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT will YOU do when “they” come for your NEIGHBORS guns…?
The time to make these decisions is….NOW.
Report Post »people4people
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:31amWhy do you think all the tea party people are now considered terrorists? It is because we have an enemy in the white house! All Tea partiers are Red Blooded Americans that want to save this country! Common men and we are now the terrorist because the enemy is in the White House!
Report Post »gman46
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:32amI urge anyone to read Michael Yon’s Blog, the man is a gifted REAL journalist, I had been fan since he was stationed in Iraq several years ago. My favorite piece is “Bless the Beasts and Children” It’s a hard reality of Iraq.
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/update-on-bless-the-beasts-and-children.htm
Report Post »wildjoker5
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:36amBut are you seriously going to take the word of someone that was there over the word of those who reported it first and only heard of it 4th or 5th hand?
Report Post »stifroc
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:41amAnyone notice that every major media outlet… news or entertainment… is being busted and discredited and loosing subscribers in droves because all they do is spin spin spin…
You spin me left round baby left round, like a record baby left round, round round!
Report Post »TeaBeliever
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:52amI hate to say this, but who is Micheal Yon? I am very suspicious when so-called “independent” journalists who just rune threr own websites put out storied. Is this another Shirley Sharod? I hope the Blaze does it own investigation. Or maybe I’m justs suspsios?
beekeeper
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:53amWait, is Rolling Stone attpempting to “Sherrod” the US Military? I find that odd, what with Rolling Stone being such a big supporter of the military and all, since their founding in the ’60s, IIRC…
Report Post »TeaBeliever
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:02pmBeekeeper, my point I was making is that we should do own own homeworjk, like Glenn says. When a independent reporter uses “BS” he loses some credability with me. I don’t want Gleen to get burned if this guy is a lose cannon
Report Post »gman46
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:11pmI applaud you TeaBeliever,
Report Post »Check it for yourself, http://www.michaelyon-online.com/
RedPillPatriot
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:14pm@OnefunR6
I absolutely agree! I will fight for the Republic of the U.S first and foremost and if that fails I will fight for the Republic of Texas! Whatever the enemy to those is, I will fight them! and I am ready! but not looking forward to it… So I am praying it doesn’t come to that… but every day it looks more and more inevitable.
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:33pmRolling Stone mag-a-rag is a part of the lame stream media, the same media that can’t seem to get the facts straight, or downright ignores stories concerning the liberal left or the progressive(bowel)movement. It is no wonder they mis-led the public, that is what the lame stream media is all about.
Report Post »TeaBeliever
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:34pmThanks GMan. I now have to say that the Rolling Stone video does not seem to go with there story. It looks like the soldiers were doing there job. I dont get what Rollling Stone’s problem is? But I dont read that magazine
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:38pmExcellent point. Why would anyone consider it journalism?
Report Post »RamblingsFromTheMiddleClass
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:40pmOne time while in college, I experimented with Rolling Stone.
Report Post »Uncle Crusty
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:48pmThat RS ‘journalist’ must have done one too many bong hits – hey fella – don’t you the stuff over there is powerful? The RS should stick to covering rock concerts and CA pot factories…not making up war stories! Shameful reporting, they should be sued!
Report Post »OutOfTheAether
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:59pmYa know. Read Michael Yon’s full article. I like this guy.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:59pmI thought Rolling Stone was a band.
Report Post »TeaBeliever
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 1:28pmI held my nose and looked at the Roling Stone article and I do not see what it has to do with the video. Altuogh I admit I did not read the whole article, because it was very antimilitray. But the article part I read was about a unuarmed farmer not about the guys on the mototrcycle, so I still think Glenn needs to have the Blaze invetigate this instead of relying on Mr. Yon, who despite his profanitty does seem to support our trrops.
Report Post »Yaakov
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 1:31pmLots of interesting sides on this one. However, I must come down with Yon. Consider, if an American does anything, and I mean anything wrong, prison time for him/her and any one associated with it. Read the Rules Of Engagement issued when the White was taken over. I would not fight for those in the White House, especially not with those rules. The point is, these guys know they will get buried if something is found to be remotely wrong. Why would anyone pose or film an event which would do some much harm to so many? These are all volunteers, hence not forced to be there other than by Orders from the W.H.
Report Post »Something stinks in Rolling Stones story and motives. I’m not buying.
Trotsky
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:01pmTotally agree, most people over 50 do not read the Rolling Stone magazine.
Report Post »M-O-O-N Spells Moon
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:03pmRolling Stone was powerful enough to remove General McChrystal (sp?) from active duty. So obviously the white house is reading it.
Report Post »TeaBeliever
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:04pmSomething is not making sense here. Mr Yon writes that he has no bad memories of the 5/2 team except for the Kill Team, but then he says that he has no memory of them-the Kill team. So thta is confusing. And the video doesn’t seem like it shows anything wrong at all. I think that is why I am gaving trouble with this. No one seems to be talking about the same things or just muddling up the waters
Report Post »TeaBeliever
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:11pmMy main concern here is that Glenn not get burned. Something here is fishy to me for all the resons I have stated above. I dont wnat this to become another Shirley Sharod or James Okeefe thing where the media trys to make Gleen look like the bad guy. So I would like the Blaze to do its own investiagtion like they did with NPR so MediMatters can not say that Glenn is being iresponsible.
Report Post »No1YaKnow
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:16pmNo one really reads it…however, they are turning into a progressive investigative arm churning out lies. Remember the off the record incident in a bar? I still wonder why anyone would bother to sit down with them in the first place. They are NOT a credible source—but as of recent, someone from within is willing to trash the military, so when they do, the progressive printing presses clamor for the story.
Report Post »TeaBeliever
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:39pmMaybe I’m just paranoid since MediMatters said they were going to sabatage Gleen, but I think its wierd that Mr Yon says his only bad memory is the Kill Team and then says he doesnt remeber them
Report Post »ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:55pmRed Blooded Americans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaxECcTjCuw
Report Post »gman46
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:31pm@Teabeliever,
Report Post »I understand your concern. It’s the way he wrote the piece. But I really believe he is that kind of individual. During the Iraq war he was the only one I knew I could trust with what was really going on there. How the Surge really worked. Only thing I can say, don’t take what I say, read some of his story’s specially “For the Beast and Children” I think you will get a better understanding.
TXPilot
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:00pmWhether the story is correct or not, it really doesn’t matter…..When the troops go to war, they are supposed to kill the enemy, and I have no problem with them snapping a few photos after a job well done, eliminating a few evil Muslims. Besides, nobody ever said that being a soldier was supposed to be a job you absolutely had to hate and aren’t allowed to take a little pride in. After all, our military is setup to turn ordinary citizens into cold blooded killers, when the enemies of America come calling….is anyone surprised that they accomplished that goal?
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:47pmGold Coin & Economic News
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:08am
What commander in the military in his right mind would give access to that liberal, counter culture rag?
——————————————————–
One with an agenda!
http://www.AmericasTeaPartyNews.com
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:50pmRS is just another left wing lying rag that no descent human would use for toilet paper. Seems I remember them doing the same thing in other wars. Hey GI’s kick them out so they can not make up lies.
Report Post »Clive
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:53pmTeaBeliever, spell check… grammar check… geez.
Report Post »TheyCanTakeOurLives
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:43pmSince they changed to a left-wing shill for anybody opposed to normalcy and decency.
Report Post »proliance
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:48pmI’ve been following Michael Yon for a couple years on Facebook and on his blog. He has spent more time in Afghanistan and Iraq than any other journalist.
He is a former Green Beret and has no problem questioning this country’s military leadership. You should see some of his combat photography.
Report Post »vivrobbins
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:09pmI’m so glad that someone has come out against this horrible information
Report Post »TeaBeliever
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 7:54pmZombie person: your blasfemy is seen and remembered.
Report Post »Clive: be serious, this is too impotrant to focus on a couple of typos!!!!!
machogwapo
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:00pmTeabeliever, Michael Yon is an incredible former soldier who has been free-lancing in Iraq and Afghanistan since the conflicts started. One very interesting tale was where he picked up a rifle and was promptly corrected by an Army Battalion Sergeant Major. While the SgtMaj and the Bn Commander were bleeding from wounds sustained in combat. He is a good source. Rolling Stone and most of the major media has looked for anything to discredit the efforts of our forces forward. From Evan Wright’s garbage book “Generation Kill” to the “Haditha massacre” to the firing of Gen McChrystal, they have actively enabled the enemy, in their pursuit of agenda.
Report Post »All I learned from this Kill Team garbage is some soldiers went stupid, and the Platoon and Company leadership was relatively absent. But Rolling Stones portrayal of the soldiers in question is in itself rather questionable, and will serve no purpose but to feed the islamic propaganda machine. I always appreciated Oliver North, Max Boot and precious few other reporters who would visit us and accurately report on what we Marines and my brother and sister service members were actually dealing with when plans run into a thinking enemy. Semper Fi
Checkyoursix
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:30pmYour being a little hard on the druggies
Report Post »WHOAREYOU
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:33pmPut all government officials to work: send them all to fight in their self-imposed wars, include the president. It’s about time they work for their pay.
Report Post »TeaBeliever
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 10:04pmMachwagopo: I agree, I Think Mr Yon seems like a true patriot, and I enjoyed his reporting supporting our troops.
Report Post »But when he sais he had great meories of his time with the bridgade ecxpt for the Kill Team and Than syas he deosnt remember the Kill Team, it raises the suspiciuos hairs on my head. I wonder did someone plant this article, or alter it? BecaUS E HOW CAN HE REMMEBER THEM THEN Sy he never met them. As Glenn says, ther are no coinsidences. Somethig smells wrong here and I dontw ant Glenn to get critisized for some nnsense
machogwapo
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 10:19pmTeabeliever, I think he just phrased that poorly. Attempting to tie the divergent thoughts together, when really he didn’t know anything about them. He concludes the paragraph with an attempt to suggest that he doesn’t even know if he ever even saw the soldiers in question which is probably quite accurate, and I am sure there was no open secret of a group called the “Kill Team”. If there was a rumor like that traveling around the Brigade Army CID or Air Force OSI would be crawling around every tent, vehicle and port a john that the brigade was occupying. I understand your concerns regarding Glenn’s credibility, but I don’t think Media Matters is nearly clever enough to notice something like that.
Report Post »Cesium
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:52pmhard to call BS on this story when there are some pretty provocative pictures to give evidence
Report Post »Mee the People
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:38amthey were only doing the job we sent them to do so we can keep our freedoms
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 9:38amIt‘s evident that many in here haven’t read RollingStone~I’m Shocked ;) There are pictures and hard evidence. TEABELIEVER, “Maybe I’m just paranoid since MediMatters said they were going to sabatage Gleen” MM never said they were sabotaging Glenn, that was written in here. Read other resources.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 10:03amThis is not a one-time incident but went on for months. The soldiers have not denied, but have said things such as that drugs were involved. This appears to go much higher than just the soldiers, even to the point of maybe personnel in the Pentagon trying to suppress the 4000+ photos. At this point they are allegations~no charges yet, I think. President Obama has been working to eliminate the criminal stop-loss procedure, good for him.
Report Post »Mee the People
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 10:26ami bet they were set up like sen ted stevens of alaska
Report Post »RJDeforest
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 11:06amNow had it been in High Times magazine, well then…….
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:34pmMr Beck interviewed Mr.Yorn on his March 31st radio show. Mr. Yorn stated that he was not embedded with the unit in the Rolling Stone article but that it was factual and that he even reported all these facts previously. Civilians were murdered.
Report Post »So Why is Mr. Beck promoting this story?
Could the reason be that a good percentage of Mr. Beck’s fans, and contributors here, do not see anything wrong with killing innocent civilians, as long as they are Afghan Muslims.
In his perverted, manipulative way, Mr. Beck is simply drumming up support for the war by telling his fans that “Things are going well.”
Nick84
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:06pmYou people are insane… If you even knew how to use Google, you could find photos of soldiers posing with dead Afghans.
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