The pseudonym CTV uses for the hatchet jobs no one will sign their name to;
Is the entire staff of CTV News unaware that Canadian troops have a universally known safety zone? And that all unidentified and non-CF personnel are to drive slowly or stop, giving ample space for the protection of themselves and those troops?
It isn’t a state secret when everyone in theatre has been made aware of it. You would think CTV would want to include that in their article.
Because Allah knows – no Islamist has ever used someone else’s kids as human shields to carry out an attack.
Related: The progressive Stageleft lashes out at Canadian troops with this stinging accusation – American!.
A bit OT but here’s a good blog I came across recently: http://thetruthfromiraq.blogspot.com/
Obama! Speech August 1, 2007! Who knew in Canada?
“As President, I would deploy at least two additional brigades to Afghanistan to re-enforce our counter-terrorism operations and support NATO’s efforts against the Taliban. As we step up our commitment, our European friends must do the same, and without the burdensome restrictions that have hampered NATO’s efforts. We must also put more of an Afghan face on security by improving the training and equipping of the Afghan Army and Police, and including Afghan soldiers in U.S. and NATO operations.”
I mean, who’s a Canadian progressive to support?
Mark
Ottawa
Over at Bourque . . . he drops into the lower levels of being pond scum, although calling him pond scum is actually an insult to pond scum.
“Cdn troops kill 2 Afghan kids, aged 2 & 4 … Mackay defends his shoot-em up soldiers …
Bourque: Here’s a thought, if we’ve reached a point where it’s ok to shoot two-year-olds,
maybe it’s time to rethink Afghan mission … or at least its leadership … ”
Fact Check: The communists over at StageLeft aren’t ‘progressive’.
I love the spin from CP’s Alexander Panetta in Afghanistan, as interviewed by the CBC…
“It’s a tragedy. You pull the trigger too late, Canadian soldiers could be killed. Or you pull the trigger too early and we see the consequences, which seems to be the case here.”
“Too early”? Is Panetta accusing the Canadian gunner who fired the fatal shot of having an itchy trigger finger, of having no patience? How does Panetta know this? Fact is, he doesn’t. Rather than accept the Canadian Forces version of yesterday’s events, Panetta, in spite of having never served a single day in the Canadian Armed Forces in his entire life, and with no clue about procedure and protocol and how to respond to these extremely dangerous and potentially deadly situations, seems to know more about what to do than the soldiers on the ground who face these threats on a daily basis. Then again, Panetta’s never actually had a suicide bomber coming at him. I’m just sayin’…
I love the spin from CP’s Alexander Panetta in Afghanistan, as interviewed by the CBC…
“It’s a tragedy. You pull the trigger too late, Canadian soldiers could be killed. Or you pull the trigger too early and we see the consequences, which seems to be the case here.”
“Too early”? Is Panetta accusing the Canadian gunner who fired the fatal shot of having an itchy trigger finger, of having no patience? How does Panetta know this? Fact is, he doesn’t. Rather than accept the Canadian Forces version of yesterday’s events, Panetta, in spite of having never served a single day in the Canadian Armed Forces in his entire life, and with no clue as to procedure and protocol and how to respond to these extremely dangerous and potentially deadly situations, seems to know more about what to do than the soldiers on the ground who actually face these threats on a daily basis. Then again, Panetta’s never actually had a suicide bomber coming at him. I’m just sayin’…
sorry for the double-post. It came back as an error page the first time.
And all this time I thought ‘CTV News Staff’ meant “Crap the ownership wants on air because it might damage the Conservatives or Canadian institutions Conservatives are likely to support.
I wonder what consequences the likes of Panetta, and stage left live with or do they even have the guts to face any? Let alone listen to the ignorant speculate about life and death situations, and meaningful responsibilities ?
This incident is a painful reminder of the horror of war. Lives were destroyed today,the innocent children,the parents, and the soldiers involved. Listening to CFRA 580[recently purchased by CTV Globe Media] in Ottawa this AM I heard the early report of this story. My intial reaction was great sadness but as the report continued I was astounded by the negative slant portrayed. Mark Suttcliff, the am host, also noticed the anti soldier slant,commenting about it on the phone in show that followed.On the 11 am newscast the report now included the alledged details of the childrens fatal wounds. This was over the top and not normal reporting for CFRA. Inspired to understand this change in reporting I did conact the newsroom and was told the feed was from Canadian press,did I want to talk to the news manager. I chose to decline until I had time to think and research. All roads lead to CTV news net. Absolutly disgracful how they willingly and thourghly threw our troops under the bus. Truly I am Pissed , this was a horrble incident,lucky we live here,but not a time to do the feeding frenzy on the soldiers.I also noticed this pm that BOURQUE has decided to comment on this ,what’s up ! Can no one just report news with out opinon and bias any longer. Thank God for BLOGS. God help us all!
Canadian pedophiles destroy more children each year than Canadian soldiers.
Canadian swimming pools kill more children each year than Canadian soldiers.
Canadian drunk drivers kill more children each year than Canadian soldiers.
But then most of those children aren’t poor little brown Muslim kids so they don’t count.
Muslim parent kill more of their own children each year than Canadian soldiers, but then they do it the name of the only religion on the planet that really matters.
I would love to see some numbers on how many children are saved by Canadian soldiers each year because of their efforts in Afghanistan.
The progressives make me puke.
A civil war is coming and I don’t mean over there either. The irony is that it will be likely be started by the anti-war protesters themselves. And in the USA it may well be started by the disappointed supporters of a failed Obama presidency.
The entertainment value of all this is overwhelming.
What we are witnessing is once again, the use of any excuse to dismantle democratic capitalism.
It’s replacement will be “better” of course, as has been proven by the number of people that history has recorded flocking in droves from capitalistic democracies to the socialist utopias.
Panetta and CP are certainly trumpeting the deaths as being the fault of our troops… a$$holes
Keep in mind that the CBC and CTV blamed the RCMP for the Air India bombings because they didn’t act on the possible threat, but when the same RCMP had rounded-up 2 18-member Muslim terror cells the RCMP it was the same CBC and CTV that cried “Islamophobia” and “Racial-profiling” for acting too soon on thin evidence.
I did notice that CTV claims that a 4 year old was driving the car while the 2 year old was along for the ride , after all , the story was that a Canadian soldier shot a a car and killed 2 children.
Not once in the report did CTV mention the possibility of a Jihadist probing security with 2 children as shields , it’s really pathetic that the CBC and CTV had little anger or compassion for the 24 Canadians slaughtered by 19 Muslims on 9/11/01 .
Taliban Jack Layton will milk this issue and demand we pull out so more children can be harmed by rape and Sharia Law.
It’s far better that 1 innocent soldier be assumed Guilty than 10’000 terrorist be “Alleged” to be criminals and face a trial and found guilty.
It may be a bit premature to assume that our soldier shot the two children. I wouldn’t put it past the nut jobs our guys are fighting to shoot the children themselves. The consequences are just as harmful to the cause of freedom as a suicide bomb. Just the 2 children shot??? Not the driver , passenger?
Perhaps I’m just suspicious but then didn’t we have months old corpses show up where Israeli shells landed in Lebanon?
If MacKay doesn’t have this Alexander Panetta removed from the theatre by tomorrow, there is something seriously wrong with this government’s MoD, and its definition of aiding the enemy. Wake up Harper.
“There is no traitor like him whose domestic treason plants the poniard within the breast that trusted to his truth.” – Lord Byron
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“Maybe the left wants the army to be
equipped with tasers. No, wait…“
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Once the smoke clears, OUR soldier is still alive.
I’m quite Okay with that.
You know the circumspection reporters show when someone is caught red-handed? Say, he walks into a bank, shows the teller a gun and demands money, then he walks out of the bank and into the arms of police who happen to be walking by. Reporters refer to him a an ALLEGED bank robber until the case is proven in court.
Well, in a terrorist war, on what basis do you call someone a civilian? …wearing civilian clothes? …being a woman or a child? …being unarmed at the moment? …claiming to be a civilian? Terrorists do all that. The driver of this car for example, is, at best, an “alleged civilian”. It seems to me that there are no people we can conclusively say are civilians (at least not without a thorough investigation.)
I wonder, what is the repercussion of a reporter falsely accusing a “robber”? A lawsuit from the falsely accused? Can a soldier falsely accused of killing civilians sue CTV for defamation?
Folks, one person on this site has raised the “possibility of a Jihadist probing security with 2 children as shields”. That is, a jihadist was trying to find out how close he could get to a Canadian convoy.
I’ll raise another possibility: this was not a preparation for an attack; this was the attack. The jihadist successfully carried out a suicide operation to sap the morale of Canadian soldiers, push the military toward a less effective safety protocol and erode political support for the fight.
The goal of terrorism is not to kill soldiers. It is to effect policy changes using the fear of violence.
pete e wrote (emphasis mine):
“I’ll raise another possibility: this was not a preparation for an attack; this was the attack. The jihadist successfully carried out a suicide operation to sap the morale of Canadian soldiers, push the military toward a less effective safety protocol and erode political support for the fight. The goal of terrorism is not to kill soldiers. It is to effect policy changes using the fear of violence.”
I think you nailed it. Excellent comment! (should be featured, Kate, IMO.)
If “progressives” are so concerned for the welfare of children, what is their stand on abortion?
Just asking.
Anyone sitting at a PC in a comfortable apartment in a Canadian city ought to be made to take some sort of “Sophie’s Choice” test to see which of the lesser of two evils they would opt for if forced to make an immediate life-or-death decision with a split second of notice.
An tragic event that did not have to happen – rules regarding Afghans approaching convoy’s are very well advertised, and the escalation of allowable force from CF soldiers (from warning signals to opening fire) give unmistakable indicators, for even those not “in the know”, that they should back off from a convoy (a turret mounted 25mm swiveling in your direction is a noteworthy and memorable event). In built up areas, villages etc, sometimes warning shots cannot be used (you’re going to hit something – possibly an innocent), so aimed shots must be employed. In reading the headlines I had a horrible thought about this event, and suffice it to say I hope that this was just a bad move on the part of the driver, and not another insidious tactic of the Taliban to get the media of coalition countries frothing – certainly it is not beneath the Taliban to do such a thing – and obviously, in reading CTV’s reporting, it’s not beneath the media to put a spin on it. Shameful “reporting” on behalf of CTV.
Did the driver (The father(?)) get hurt? What happened to him, CTV???
My money is on both parents being jihadists for pure propaganda value which CTV and CP fell for hook, line and sinker; AGAIN…Complicit?…Would this happen as frequently if all western news organisations were fair, balanced and reported the news only?
I’m mad because we on the Right are way too silent. We should be demonstrating again’st this out of control lefty media who are helping in destroying the fabric of our society. We should be demonstrating en masse in front of CTV’s and CBC’s headquarters non stop.
And to use the “progressives” approach for attacking the root cause: We should be demonstrating at Universities too: Where these Marxist anti-western journalists are moulded.
“A civil war is coming and I don’t mean over there either”.
Guido
AKA: Atlas will soon Shrug?…
…At the risk of sounding sick and perverted: Personally, I can’t wait!!!
Don’t EVER send me over to a liberal blog again.
get over it kids. we will be fighting and killing the followers of islam here in good old canada before this is all over.
get over it kids. we will be fighting and killing the followers of islam here in good old canada before this is all over. they will also be killing us.
guido, i hope you own a weapon, because you are going to need it. remember, we will have to fight our fellow, stupid canadians to save our freedom. there ar so many who have no idea what freedom really is.
Agree with Fred about Bourque headline. Ridiculous. I called him on it in an e-mail and he wrote back to me and called me a half-wit. He might as well have called our soldiers baby killers.
I went after Bourque too:
Pierre,
What a low blow..
Bourque: Here’s a thought, if we’ve reached a point where it’s ok to shoot two-year-olds,
maybe it’s time to rethink Afghan mission … or at least its leadership …
It’s not OK to shoot 2 years olds asshole, but it is within the rights of our troops to shoot first when a well known and advertised buffer zone is breached.
Cripes this county is sick. Sick media and sick lefties.
Pete, you nailed it. And Canadians, of all people, are THE MOST GULLIBLE when it come to stuff like this. After decades of Leftist creep CBC and now CTV, we couldn’t recognize these tactics for what they are if our children’s lives depended on it. The sad thing is, our children’s lives DO depend on it.