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Originally Posted by mburbank
The 'proof' you are looking for usually comes a lot of miles down the road. I'm a believer in transperancy and agressive watchdogs, because this shit almost always gets out of control. Couple that with the fact that this administration views secrecy as being next to Godliness and I hate to think of all the stuff that's going to under our national rock when it finally gets tuned over.
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I think you hold a slightly unrealistic expectation of war in general. In war, innocent people get harmed in the process, and there's often a lot of grey area between what's right, and what needs to be done.
I'm not condoning this behavior, but i am asking for an alternative. Should every soldier have their own mini-press corp. follow them around, take pictures, and record their frustrations? Should the Pentagon put out a PDF version of all their military plans for a given week? Does this sound like it would fly in a place where journalists have been the targets of kidnappings and beheadings...?
What level of transparency would make you happy, and would you care if it jeopardized winning the war?
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