Troops Upset by Media Bias

July 21, 2008: American troops in Afghanistan are not happy with how a July 13th battle with the Taliban was reported. In that action, some 200 Taliban attacked a U.S. "base" and killed or wounded more than half the 50 or so U.S. and Afghan troops found there. Actual U.S. casualties were nine dead and fifteen wounded (including walking wounded).

U.S. troops were irked that, once again, the mass media got lazy and didn't bother to report the action accurately. For one thing, there was no "base". What the Taliban attacked was a temporary parking area for vehicles used to conduct patrols of the area. These are set up regularly, and have been used for years. These are secure areas, but basically a parking lot surrounded by barbed wire and several sandbagged observation posts.

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I especially like the last part, which is too true. Never imply that US Army Paratroopers lost at anything, makes us mad.

King Leonidas wrote:I especially like the last part, which is too true. Never imply that US Army Paratroopers lost at anything, makes us mad.

Victory seems to be a word excluded from any description of any kind when it comes to the liberal shit bag MSM talking about the military.

I know, they still act as if the Huns are coming over the hill any second and it's just a matter of time before Iraq is a total failure. Guess they believe that if they write it enough, it'll come true.

It is a good thing these clowns weren't around during WWII. We'd be speaking German and saying Seig Heil everywhere we went.