A Beast in the Heart of Every Fighting Man -- New York Times
Last May, in the small village of Qualaday in western Kandahar Province, a young Army lieutenant and his sergeants met with several elders to discuss the recent killing of a local mullah. The desert heat was fierce, and the elders led the soldiers across their village to sit under the shade of nearby trees. Three days had passed since they were last there; during that interval the place appeared to have been abandoned. When they sat down, some of the soldiers removed their helmets, and a few elders their sandals and turbans. A freelance photographer was permitted to make an audio recording of the discussion. The lieutenant wanted to know where everyone had gone. One elder explained: People left because they were afraid.
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My Comment: On a day when 9 Americans are murdered in Afghanistan, the New York Times comes out with this hit piece on the American military. The title that they use tars every soldier who has served by linking the rogue actions of a unit that randomly murdered some Afghans with a crime that the overwhelming majority of our soldiers would never do. But does the New York Times differentiate this .... of course not.
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