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Journalist Who Called Rolling Stone‘s ’Kill Team‘ Story ’Bullsh**’ Explains Himself to Glenn

As Blaze readers know, Rolling Stone recently released an article on the so-called “Kill Team” in Afghanistan about, in the magazine’s words, “How U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan murdered innocent civilians and mutilated their corpses – and how their officers failed to stop them.” The article, which features gruesome–incredibly grim–images of smiling soldiers posing with dead Afghan bodies, has of course demonized the military.

Journalist Who Called Rolling Stones Kill Team Story Bullsh** Explains Himself to Glenn

But journalist Michael Yon, who was embedded in the ‘Kill Team’ brigade, called the Rolling Stone’s coverage “bullshit,” as The Blaze reported. ”The guy should be a fiction writer, he’s dabbling in non-fiction. He’s trying to conflate the two,” he told Glenn Beck today (watch the clip below). Referring to specific incident in which two Afghans on a motorcycle are gunned down by the Kill Team, Yon says, “the killing was perfectly legal…just an honest combat killing is what it comes down to.”

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  • deano24
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 10:14pm

    Remember the story that Michael Hastings reported about General Stanley A. McChrystal in Rolling Stone that caused his resignation.

    http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-runaway-general-20100622

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  • NOTYERHUCKLEBERRY
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 9:44pm

    I don’t know how many of you have ever been in combat, but when faced with conditions that are questionable to your health and well being, you shoot. Got that? I plan on staying alive, get in my way, POOF.

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  • josvonv
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:38pm

    Am I missing something? Are only positive stories about the military allowed to be written? Yon says the author is writing fiction, but doesn’t dispute ANY of the facts of the article. It’s one thing to say that RS has a biased toward the military. In the article AND on the caption right next to the video it says that the “motorcycle kill” was not done by any of the “kill team” and while it suggests that the killing my have been justified the fact that they were filming and passing around the video is a violation of military standards. The only link to the “kill team” mentioned is that it was collected and shared by members of the “kill team”.

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  • Sheerkon
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:19pm

    Rolling Stones taste in music has always been the ghey i mean if u want boring azz music depend on Rolling Stones’ trendy lil critics.but they get paid for it and it keeps em off the street.

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  • thejackal
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 6:57pm

    To all Pinko‘s on Glen’s site. Killing innocent civilians in a war is not ‘murder’. It’s called colateral damage, oh well war is hell. Get over it.

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    • Hamalmang
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:56pm

      “Collateral damage” is a euphemism for murder. Murdering innocent civilians of a country that your outnumbered military is occupying is self-defeating.

      What those people did was worse than terrorism. At least terrorism has some kind of goal or agenda that pushes it to violence. This was straight up sadism.

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  • Funny-Bones
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 6:51pm

    marybethelizabeth ….. pfffft!

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  • Funny-Bones
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 6:47pm

    You made your conclusion before you even knew the facts. None of us know all the facts. You can thank the service men and women of this country for protecting the free speech of idiots like yourself.

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  • justice
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 6:45pm

    I pray for our troops and lord knows what they go through. If these young men killed innocent people, then they are guilty. Some just want their families and themselves to be safe, some do not beleive in their leaders.

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  • Endstatism
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 6:34pm

    This may not set well with some who read and post here, but I view the Taliban and other like minded individuals the same as a rabid animal. Why should they deserve treatment as human beings, they are mass murderers, multilators, haters of freedom and liberty. If given the chance and power to do so, the Taliban, Al Queda, Hamas and Hezbollah would make Hitler, Mao, Pol Pot and Stalin look like rank amateurs

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  • Endstatism
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 6:26pm

    Now we know that Rolling Stone magazine supports the Taliban and radical Islam. Guess what Rolling Stone, your writers, editors and management will be among the first to have your heads cut off should the Islamists win one day. But then this rag which is worthless even for composting was apologizing and supportive of the USSR in that nation`s heyday.

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  • pinnybogg
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 6:18pm

    marybethelizabeth should listen to the video again. This was a man that called into his prograam for heavens sakes, to spew beck as oking killing civillians is so stupid!!! get a grip marybethelizabeth gezz o pete!!!!!!!

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  • Coyote6
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 6:05pm

    I admire Michael Yon, very much! He has been embedded with our military for a long time and has reported on stuff you just don’t here about in our mainstream lefty media. If he says it is so, I believe it.

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  • Its Gonna Getcha
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 6:01pm

    Thank you Blaze for narrowing down a snipet of Radio Glenn here. He continues to master many forms since the beginning of those days.

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  • texasfarmer
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:50pm

    The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
    George S. Patton

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  • bkeely
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:19pm

    Who cares what a burned out hippy rag says.. they would not know the truth if they tripped on it… or rater over it.
    ==========================================
    Buck
    http://www.***************
    Heirloom Seeds, ‘How God plants His garden’

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  • Showtime
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:16pm

    Excellent. I’m copying that to an email and sendingit to myself to SAVE!

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  • vtech61
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:12pm

    RS mag is another of the newly ‘irreverent’ medias.

    Hey Stones. Stick to what you do best.
    Report about music and stay out of politics.

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  • bikerr
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:10pm

    @caprica- Is three times a charm?.

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  • bikerr
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:07pm

    @caprica–Should we read both postings? It would save time not needing too.

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    • and to the republic
      Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:23pm

      what ya do is click that little red lettering off to the right that says, Report Post….ax, yes ax them to remove it….

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  • Susan Harkins
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:05pm

    What do you expect from a pot-head magazine, like “rolling stoned”?

    The hard cold truth?

    Confusious Say: “Don’t wade threw septic tank, seeking for gold nuggets.”

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    • godfather
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:21pm

      You realize he didn’t refute anything from the Rolling Stone article and actually said that soldiers have murdered civilians, and that in fact some have been sentenced, which actually corroborates the story. The most he said was that he conflated the story, not that it was not true. Also, he said he wasn’t actually with the kill brigade, the people who murdered the civilians, so he doesn’t have a point of reference.

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  • 13th Imam
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:03pm

    I knew you didn’t write this, the spelling is correct. I don’t listen to the liar in chief anytime, why would I read his crap here?

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  • commonsenseguy
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 4:59pm

    thanks Micheal yon for defending the truth and our great soldiers, we need more just like you,may god please you and continue to help you up hold the truth.

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  • RepubliCorp
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 4:55pm

    The Rolling Stone……..they are not a moving force.

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  • Sheerkon
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 4:50pm

    ive been following Yon for years…..he’s more truthful about whats going on than any of the LSM.If you have facebook,add him…tons of informative articles.

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  • and to the republic
    Posted on March 31, 2011 at 4:44pm

    great interview with Glenn today….

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    • Rogue
      Posted on March 31, 2011 at 4:52pm

      I’ve been following Michael Yon for years. Fantastic writer, trustworthy, and doesn’t pull any punches. One of the few journalists who stayed imbedded during some really sketchy times in Iraq and Afghanistan. Check out his page sometime: http://www.michaelyon-online.com/ . This is about as close as any of us non-military folks will get to experiencing war. Speaking of which, God Bless our troops!

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    • marybethelizabeth
      Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:00pm

      Mr 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 the article was factual and that he even reported all these facts previously. Civilians were murdered.
      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.”

      marybethelizabeth  
    • Showtime
      Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:11pm

      Fathom the hypocrisy of a government
      that requires every citizen to prove
      he is insured, but not everyone
      must prove he is a citizen.

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    • and to the republic
      Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:11pm

      @ marybethelizabethannmaryconnierogeroverandoutmarybethliberalfreak….. Could the reason be that you have absolutly no idea what you are talking about? Or could it be that you dont listen to Beck therfore you hae no idea what you are talking about? Or marybeth, if that is your real name, could it be that you failed 3rd grade and quit school? huh maryannrogerbethconnie, what is it?

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:24pm

      Interesting indeed.

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    • gman46
      Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:57pm

      @MARYBETH, No he wasn’t with the unit he was with the Brigade. Actually read the story before you say anything, it may go better for you.

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    • floridasandy
      Posted on March 31, 2011 at 6:00pm

      i also follow michael yon and have a lot of respect for him as both a writer and an amazing photographer.

      for those who would discredit rolling stone magazine, however, i would like to point out that they have been one of the few sources of true investigative journalism regarding wall street shenanigans and goldman sachs, with matt taibbi.

      these wars/skirmishes/engagements are just so ugly all around and i wish our troops would come home and protect our own country.

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    • pajamash
      Posted on March 31, 2011 at 6:01pm

      marybethelizabeth – Go wag the dog of support for President Obama’s war somewhere. I‘m sure you will believe that all the bombs we are dropping only go after Gadhaffi’s troops right? Or do you and a good percentage of Mr. Obama’s fans, and contributors, not see anything wrong with killing military personel as long as they are Libyan Muslims? I am amazed at the number of liberals working in perverted, manipulative ways, drumming up support for the war in Libya by telling the American people that “Things are going well.” Please name me one military conflict in which innocent civilians were not killed? Those on the left can not live in the past any longer and keep pointing to all that Bush did. Obama has now done the same thing; started a “dumb” war. The difference is Bush was going after Al Qeada and the Taliban. Obama is supporting them!

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    • Creestof
      Posted on March 31, 2011 at 6:32pm

      @Rogue…same here. Michael Yon brings truth into the light with each of his stories…at a great risk to his life most times. Someone to be admired, respected…and listened to.

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    • machogwapo
      Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:35pm

      @marybeth, he said the unit that he was with killed civilians. It happens. The muslims will constantly conduct operations from urban areas. In Iraq we knew to look for children. If the kids would approach us for candy, the area was probably safe, if the kids sat at the gates of their homes, there were bad guys close, if the kids were inside the house then we knew there was a bomb. We had two incidents in Ramadi where insurgents attacked our patrols with suicide vests, while children were present and that went a long way for the sunni insurgency to eventually join us, and started attacking al Qaida in Iraq terrorists.
      Mr Yon (not Yorn) stated that the unit he was with killed civilians. This so-called “Kill Team” murdered civilians. You may suggest that there is no difference in what I said, but words mean something. To kill is an act that does not indicate the civilians were deliberately targeted, however, murder means these soldiers deliberately murdered individuals they knew were not combatants. Big difference. Rolling Stone used a video of a motorbike carrying two Taliban attacking a convoy, and tried to play it off as two innocent civilians who were murdered by the “Kill Team” when that is not what the truth was. Glenn Beck is not defending, nor is Mike Yon defending the killing of civilians rather they are correcting a great mistake deliberately made by Rolling Stone to increase the shock factor surrounding a truly horrid tale.

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    • colonial10
      Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:45pm

      Glenn says we don’t have problems with Radicalism in Germany. According to the fella he had on todays show and what is in his book called A time to betray. We are all duped and the news we have available to us is useless. It barely covers what is really happening. Iran has agents in almost every country with weapons available waiting for the signal. In the book NATO sold major weapons to the Iranian government in the past. God save us.

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    • razeus1
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 4:20am

      @ and to the Republic: roflamo! I too thought the name a little redundant. sorry didin’t read all of your reply….couldn’t get past the name ;))

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    • Ghandi was a Republican
      Posted on April 2, 2011 at 5:03pm

      Hey Mary– How could he or anyone else claim this perversion as factual- If nobody was there? Nice acorholio/seiu cut’npaste though. Gold star and a sub-minimum wage raise for you…

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