----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Denton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Special forces 'on the ground' in Iran > > This may really get into a CIA - Special Forces dispute where probably > someone was disparaging the special forces versus using CIA forces. > Another option is DoD personnel airing out policy differences. >
That's the sorta thing I was thinking of....Hearsh may have been played a bit as part of internal politics...of which either example you gave sounds plausible. IIRC, the claim by the US military was that there were just a couple of casualties, with a broken ankle on the jump being a showcased example and no deaths. IMHO, that's the sort of thing that journalists could double check later...especially when there are embedded journalists. My criticism of Hearsh is not that he lies, I have no doubt that he is convinced of what he reports. It's that he doesn't have a sufficient filter on his sources to take what he reports unfiltered. So, I respond to his reporting with both interest and a grain of salt. Take today's report. I'll bet a beer that there is some truth and some of him being played for political reasons underlying his information. So, I'm guessing he's both right and wrong. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
