Comments on: Explosions Rock Coalition HQ? http://www.leftist.org/haightspeech/archives/172.html Kyle and Anne Haight: Annoying People In Stereo Since 1971 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:56:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anne Haight http://www.leftist.org/haightspeech/archives/172.html/comment-page-1#comment-1414 Anne Haight Wed, 14 Apr 2004 18:14:41 +0000 http://www2.leftist.org/haightspeech/?p=172#comment-1414 It's true that the very nature of military operations will obscure the whole truth for many years following. There are obvious security risks involved there, and often there are things that go on that the government doesn't really want to talk about. A hindsight evaluation usually allows for a better overall context, since you can get the big picture. But I think combining that with on-the-ground accounts is important for perspective. True, I don't blame reporters for ducking, either. Although in this case I think fog of war may be responsible for the news grayout. Fallujah and Najaf are pretty active these days and the reporters are probably busy covering that. It’s true that the very nature of military operations will obscure the whole truth for many years following. There are obvious security risks involved there, and often there are things that go on that the government doesn’t really want to talk about.

A hindsight evaluation usually allows for a better overall context, since you can get the big picture. But I think combining that with on-the-ground accounts is important for perspective.

True, I don’t blame reporters for ducking, either. Although in this case I think fog of war may be responsible for the news grayout. Fallujah and Najaf are pretty active these days and the reporters are probably busy covering that.

]]> By: TTK Ciar http://www.leftist.org/haightspeech/archives/172.html/comment-page-1#comment-1413 TTK Ciar Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:48:28 +0000 http://www2.leftist.org/haightspeech/?p=172#comment-1413 I've noticed the same thing -- details of violent events take a long time to show up in the press, and when they do they're from troop interviews after the event. Sometimes AAR and similar publications come out providing details, but again these are reconstructions from troop interviews and forensic analysis. I think we're seeing a combination of the fog of war, and an unwillingness of war journalists to keep their heads (and cameras) up when the bullets start flying -- something for which I can hardly blame them. But it is frustrating. Many details of ODS didn't come to public light until a few years later, when Army officers and thinktank professionals published papers after research in depth. I've pretty much resigned myself to having to wait a few more years to learn what's going on today with OIF, too. Matters are exacerbated by what seems to me to be the mainstream media painting the worst possible picture of events. I don't trust what they say. -- TTK I’ve noticed the same thing — details of violent events take a long time to show up in the press, and when they do they’re from troop interviews after the event. Sometimes AAR and similar publications come out providing details, but again these are reconstructions from troop interviews and forensic analysis.

I think we’re seeing a combination of the fog of war, and an unwillingness of war journalists to keep their heads (and cameras) up when the bullets start flying — something for which I can hardly blame them. But it is frustrating.

Many details of ODS didn’t come to public light until a few years later, when Army officers and thinktank professionals published papers after research in depth. I’ve pretty much resigned myself to having to wait a few more years to learn what’s going on today with OIF, too.

Matters are exacerbated by what seems to me to be the mainstream media painting the worst possible picture of events. I don’t trust what they say.

– TTK

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