05-16-2003, 05:49 PM
Hi,
Well, first of all when giving a link, just copy the URL from your browser's address line. That makes life a bit easier for the rest of us since (a) each of us don't have to do the cutting and pasting, and (B) clicking on a link in a post from the LL opens the link in a new window.
So, here's the "easy" link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/corr...ent/3028585.stm
As to the article itself, I neither believe nor not believe it. The facts of the case are whatever they are. I do not put it beyond the press and the military to spin the story (or even make it up entirely) in their favor. I do not put it past some anti-American reporter to spin the story (or even make it up entirely) to make the USA and its military look bad.
Given contradictory evidence presented by organizations famous for their lying, I will simply reserve judgment until someone whom I feel I can trust investigates the matter and publishes something more useful than an outhouse necessity.
To answer the last question you posed: if it is true, then we discover to our shock and horror that the military and the press lie. Oh, wait. Some of us discovered that back in the '60s in a small vacation spot off the South China Sea.
--Pete
Well, first of all when giving a link, just copy the URL from your browser's address line. That makes life a bit easier for the rest of us since (a) each of us don't have to do the cutting and pasting, and (B) clicking on a link in a post from the LL opens the link in a new window.
So, here's the "easy" link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/corr...ent/3028585.stm
As to the article itself, I neither believe nor not believe it. The facts of the case are whatever they are. I do not put it beyond the press and the military to spin the story (or even make it up entirely) in their favor. I do not put it past some anti-American reporter to spin the story (or even make it up entirely) to make the USA and its military look bad.
Given contradictory evidence presented by organizations famous for their lying, I will simply reserve judgment until someone whom I feel I can trust investigates the matter and publishes something more useful than an outhouse necessity.
To answer the last question you posed: if it is true, then we discover to our shock and horror that the military and the press lie. Oh, wait. Some of us discovered that back in the '60s in a small vacation spot off the South China Sea.
--Pete
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