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The New York Times Hits Veterans Yet Again

January 17, 2008 - 1:05 am - by Bob Owens
TomB
2008-01-17 10:41:24

You can spin all you like, but these facts remain true, unless somebody wants to claim these men were not veterans. What they might have done as civilians who never served, comparing them to civilian murder rates, or downplaying the alleged murders doesn’t change the fact.

The problem with that is the method they used to “research” the killings is not even remotely comparable for pre and post war situations. They only searched news stories for “war veterans” involved in killings. But prior to the war, the likelihood of someone having their military service mentioned in an article about murder is slim. After the invasion, of course, any person who served has their service mentioned.

There is no way the two situations are comparable.