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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]A New York Times reporter discovered a stash of classified US documents in a dump in Iraq. The documents provided detailed information about a massacre in which US troops killed over 20 Iraqi civilians. This article reminds me of the role of the Times and other media in getting us into this war.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/world/middleeast/united-states-marines-haditha-interviews-found-in-iraq-junkyard.html

Despite this trove of information which includes first-hand accounts, pictures, and drawings of the scene, the article offers scant detail of what actually occurred. The article hides reality, saying things like: "Within a few hours 24 Iraqis — including a 76-year-old man and children between the ages of 3 and 15 — were killed, many inside their homes."  Noticed, these people "were killed", as if by a falling meteor. The journalist knows a lot more about these killings, but refuses to tell us.

Rather than provide details of what is likely a war crime, the journalist concentrates on what he things is truly important:

"But the accounts are just as striking for what they reveal about the extraordinary strains on the soldiers who were assigned here, their frustrations and their frequently painful encounters with a population they did not understand."

Yes, the real story is not that 24 Iraqis were killed in cold blood. The real story is that US troops ware frustrated. Therefore, the truth of their deeds does not need to be exposed.

As for the US military, it refuses to discuss the matter because even though the reporter has the documents in his hand, they are "classified". The Times, showing who calls the shots, has not published the documents. [/quote]

How about the siege of Fallujah, and the estimated 4000 to 6000 civilian deaths it caused, to avenge the deaths of 4 Blackwater mercenaries?
By some accounts, the US and GB used up to 9000 tons of depleted uranium weapons in that battle, resulting in a staggering increase in congenital malformations, cancers and reduction in the number of baby boys born in the years after that "battle", which a lot of people refer to as a massacre.
Pretty ironic, since we started the war under the guise of looking for WMD...[/quote]

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