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Originally Posted by Ustwo
When you believe the word of terrorists over your own government it signals several potential problems.
One of them is that logic has indeed left, and its not my logic or powerclowns.
For one thing the US does travel with its own reporters from various news agencies. We all know what that can lead to. Do you not think if there was massive civilian death caused by US forces we would not have heard of it?
You of course can continue to trust those who put car bombs near schools to give accurate accounts but don't expect any thinking people to trust your logic.
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nice attempt to derail the conversation with more inflammatory rhetoric.
unfortunately for your position on this matter, we are relying on the statements from
doctors, international aid agencies, and independent journalists. Are they terrorists now?
I do agree that if there was a massive civilian death caused by US forces we would have heard about it, but obviously not from the people causing it. Hence, the articles from other sources.
I don't expect anyone to 'trust' my logic. I'm hoping they'll rely on their own, and I've provided more evidence to plug into their equations concerning the situation.
EDIT: and the US media correspondents don't go wandering around. They are part of a media pool and attached to troops. I already posted a few places back the reports coming from independent reporters (some of them from the US, but feel free to disregard them as partisan hacks) regarding what happens to them when they are found in areas they aren't supposed to be in.
And I certainly do take the word of journalists over my government. That's the point, as I understand it, of having a free press.