{"id":29925,"date":"2012-05-13T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=29925"},"modified":"2012-05-13T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-13T15:45:00","slug":"la-times-still-in-the-business-of-ignoring-actual-battlefield-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=29925","title":{"rendered":"LA Times still in the business of ignoring actual battlefield conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tman sends us a link from the LA Times article “A U.S. soldier and the Afghan soldier who killed him<\/a>“. It’s basically about US Special Forces soldier, Andrew Britton-Mihalo and the Afghan special forces sergeant named Zakirullah who killed the American in a green-on-blue murder, which was immediately punished by Britton-Mihalo’s brother troopers who gunned down the Afghan on the spot. <\/p>\n

The LA Times seems intent on blaming Britton-Mihalo instead of the reasons that obvious to the rest of us;<\/p>\n

In outposts like the makeshift base in Kandahar province where Zakirullah and Britton-Mihalo were deployed, the punishingly primitive, close-quarters conditions can foster strong bonds \u2014 or allow small irritants to fester.<\/p>\n

“They work together, they patrol together, they are together all day of every day,” said Col. Bismullah Waziri, executive officer of the Afghan commando brigade. “We are all aware that there are cultural issues. Sure, they are different from us. And we are different from them.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Naamdaar said that although he remembered his nephew as a generally easygoing boy, his temper occasionally flared if he felt he was being treated with disrespect.<\/p>\n

“In an argument,” he said, “he could sometimes go a little crazy.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And, like the Afghan government, the LA Time refuses to acknowledge that this is part of a conspiracy by the taliban and an actual tactic to divide the US forces from their Afghan allies;<\/p>\n

After the shooting, the Taliban claimed that the attack had been carried out at the group’s behest, specifically mentioning Zakirullah by name. Although the group could easily have learned his identity after the fact, investigators are looking at whether he could have had some link to the insurgents.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But they admit that these murders are becoming more common;<\/p>\n

At least 21 NATO troops have died in these assaults this year, accounting for a stunning 14% of troop deaths, with the latest shooting coming Friday in northeastern Afghanistan, the victim an American. The total number of such attacks is unknown; they generally go unreported publicly by the military if they result in injuries only.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, it looks, by reading the LA Times article that somehow Britton-Mihalo insulted Zakirullah which caused Zakirullah’s cheese to slide off his cracker. Since being respectful of their allies’ various cultures is part of Special Forces training, that scenario seems unlikely. It’s more likely to be an actual conspiracy against NATO forces to which no one is apparently willing admit – especially, since no one is being truthful about the actual number of the attacks. <\/p>\n

But, you know, that’s just me being logical again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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