More positive press for the war...

[sniper7]

welcome to a war zone.
mistakes happen, the media being overzealous to condemn our own troops bothers me more.
their lack of knowledge knowing the difference between a tank and a HUMVEE is more disturbing.
they expect troops to know exactly who the good guys and bad guys are in their job and are quick to call them murderers and child killers but they can't spend 10 seconds to google the difference between a tank and a HUMVEE? fuck them.

[theGinsue]

welcome to a war zone.
mistakes happen, the media being overzealous to condemn our own troops bothers me more.
their lack of knowledge knowing the difference between a tank and a HUMVEE is more disturbing.
they expect troops to know exactly who the good guys and bad guys are in their job and are quick to call them murderers and child killers but they can't spend 10 seconds to google the difference between a tank and a HUMVEE? fuck them.

agreed. I think one of the major issues here is that staff members of Reuters ("the press") were killed. If those members of the press want to take the risk of entering an unsecured war zone and refuse to wear anything that will aid in rapid identification, then our troops can't be held accountable for their lives.

ETA:

I'm calling BS on this.

And next time camera men want to go walking around in a war zone they need to identify themselves as non combatants or they run the risk of being fired on.

I’m at work and I’ve been working on making this post for the last hour+; I get it posted and see all of the responses that have been posted in the last hour. It seems like we share a very similar viewpoint.

ETA2: Hoosier: Thank you for sharing that with us!