War Is Not Just Kinetic
Yet another Marine has won a court victory in the investigation of the battle at Haditha – adding more doubts to the claims of a massacre. In this case, the officer conducting an Article 32 hearing (equivalent to a grand jury hearing in civilian courts) has ruled that charges should be dropped. In essence, the claims of a massacre at Haditha are now looking false. That said, al Qaeda, through some adept media manipulation, has still won a victory.
Just because there was no Israeli massacre at Jenin does not mean many people in the Middle East and Berkeleystan think there was, or that Israel doesn’t suffer the strategic effects commensurate with such an act. It’s an information war, and truth doesn’t have to be at the root of a powerful assertion for it to have an effect.
By the way: Thanks, Congressman Murtha.
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July 18th, 2007 at 8:57 am
Key point in the Haditha affair, and it’s cited in the very article you link to:
“…the aftermath of the incident was mishandled, giving a reporter and a human-rights group enough room to make claims of a massacre.”
Where the author writers “giving…enough room,” I would substitute “raising the index of suspicion that…”
Nothing whets a reporter’s appetite like the scent of a coverup, even if that’s not actually what he’s smelling.
July 19th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
Well said Chap.