Drone locked on suicide bomber, DOD refused permission

[toobfreak]

No evidence that was the case.

The published story is the evidence. The question is whether it can be corroborated.

Not one legitimate media outlet reporting this.

Actually, that is kinda true. Not one MAJOR, well-vetted news outlet that I can find is corroborating the story. Legitimacy is another matter. The major, big news outlets have been caught lying many times. But only small media outlets rather obscure are right now reporting the story, which means it COULD be an errant story, but it ALSO could mean that it is just too hot right now for bigger outlets to carry it, afraid of fallback from the WH.

Not entirely hard to imagine considering that Psaki has already let it slip that they have been pressuring news media to suppress negative posts against Biden in the Big Tech outlets.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

published story is the evidence.

Holy shit that is dumb. Dude, aren't you an engineer?

 

[MisterBeale]

A guy said a thing. No one has any idea if it’s true or not.

Pretty much my attitude with everything that comes out of the NYT, WaPO, CNN or Fox News.

Why is one source any better than another?

 

[colfax_m]

Pretty much my attitude with everything that comes out of the NYT, WaPO, CNN or Fox News.

Why is one source any better than another?

Reputation.

 

[MisterBeale]

The published story is the evidence. The question is whether it can be corroborated.


Actually, that is kinda true. Not one MAJOR, well-vetted news outlet that I can find is corroborating the story. Legitimacy is another matter. The major, big news outlets have been caught lying many times. But only small media outlets rather obscure are right now reporting the story, which means it COULD be an errant story, but it ALSO could mean that it is just too hot right now for bigger outlets to carry it, afraid of fallback from the WH.

Not entirely hard to imagine considering that Psaki has already let it slip that they have been pressuring news media to suppress negative posts against Biden in the Big Tech outlets.

Univision reported it.

I am not sure I would call them. . . small and "obscure."

"Univision aired a bombshell allegation in the midst of its coverage of the United States' disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. Per former Army Green Beret and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Roger Pardo-Maurer, the Department of Defense had knowledge of the homicide bomber at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, and scrambled a Predator drone only to order it to stand down as it locked on its target. Per Pardo-Maurer, the stand-down order was given in deference to negotiations with the Taliban.. . "

BOMBSHELL: Former Deputy SECDEF Claims Predator Drone Operator Ordered To STAND DOWN Against Kabul Airport Bomber

UPDATE: Jennifer Griffin of Fox News reports that the official spokesperson for the Department of Defense denies this incident ever happened. We will continue to monitor this story.

newsbusters.org

We had 'kill shot' and didn't take it? Report makes bombshell allegation

A new report on Joe Biden's Afghanistan evacuation disaster, in which Americans were abandoned to be under the thumb of the Taliban and tens of billions of dollars worth of American war equipment was turned over to the terror group, explains the military probably could have prevented the suicide...

www.wnd.com

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Univision reported it.

I am not sure I would call them. . . small and "obscure."

"Univision aired a bombshell allegation in the midst of its coverage of the United States' disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. Per former Army Green Beret and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Roger Pardo-Maurer, the Department of Defense had knowledge of the homicide bomber at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, and scrambled a Predator drone only to order it to stand down as it locked on its target. Per Pardo-Maurer, the stand-down order was given in deference to negotiations with the Taliban.. . "

BOMBSHELL: Former Deputy SECDEF Claims Predator Drone Operator Ordered To STAND DOWN Against Kabul Airport Bomber

UPDATE: Jennifer Griffin of Fox News reports that the official spokesperson for the Department of Defense denies this incident ever happened. We will continue to monitor this story.

newsbusters.org

We had 'kill shot' and didn't take it? Report makes bombshell allegation

A new report on Joe Biden's Afghanistan evacuation disaster, in which Americans were abandoned to be under the thumb of the Taliban and tens of billions of dollars worth of American war equipment was turned over to the terror group, explains the military probably could have prevented the suicide...

www.wnd.com

Yes, those are the type of fringe outlets tied to MRC. MRC distributes to these freaks.

 

[MisterBeale]

Reputation.

Only unthinking clowns think the corporate/government propaganda of the MSM has any reputation at all. This is why everyone thinks you are a fool.

You are so brainwashed. . . either that are a willing shill for the fascist state. . which is it?

The documentation that your statement is false, is so abundant, your statement is unbelievably naive. Even my kid has more intelligence and media savvy than you do, and he is still a teen.

Evidence from the left;

Beyond BuzzFeed: The 10 Worst, Most Embarrassing U.S. Media Failures on the Trump-Russia Story

The most challenging task is choosing the 10 worst embarrassments. The most notable aspect is that they all go toward promoting the same narrative.

theintercept.com

Evidence from the right;

12 Stories The Media Got Horribly Wrong In 2019

As the year comes to a close, here are a dozen of the top stories the media majorly messed up.

thefederalist.com

The fact that this thread was moved? Was a completely political move. END OF STORY.

 

[MisterBeale]

Yes, those are the type of fringe outlets tied to MRC. MRC distributes to these freaks.

And you call yourself someone on the left.



Go on then, shill for the fascist state till if feels good.

I'm sure censoring folks seems like a great idea to you. . . doesn't it?

 

[colfax_m]

Only unthinking clowns think the corporate/government propaganda think the MSM has any reputation at all. This is why everyone thinks you are a fool.

You are so brainwashed. . . either that are a willing shill for the fascist state. . which is it?

The documentation that your statement is false, is so abundant, your statement is unbelievably naive. Even my kid has more intelligence and media savvy than you do, and he is still a teen.

Evidence from the left;

Beyond BuzzFeed: The 10 Worst, Most Embarrassing U.S. Media Failures on the Trump-Russia Story

The most challenging task is choosing the 10 worst embarrassments. The most notable aspect is that they all go toward promoting the same narrative.

theintercept.com

Evidence from the right;

12 Stories The Media Got Horribly Wrong In 2019

As the year comes to a close, here are a dozen of the top stories the media majorly messed up.

thefederalist.com

The fact that this thread was moved? Was a completely political move. END OF STORY.

You’re being manipulated by people who want to control what you think.

That’s why they tell you never to believe the media. Only believe your masters.

 

[MisterBeale]

You’re being manipulated by people who want to control what you think.

That’s why they tell you never to believe the media. Only believe your masters.

Oh?

. . . and who would my "masters," be?

 

[colfax_m]

Oh?

. . . and who would my "masters," be?

Right wing media.

 

[MisterBeale]

Right wing media.

You're a fool and don't know me at all.

Consortium, Greyzone, and MintPress are all on the left. So is Greenwald.

The Beltway Media’s Loyalty to Permanent War State

Biden’s popular and long overdue retreat from Afghanistan exposed big media's de facto merger with the military, writes Gareth Porter. By Gareth Porter The Grayzone In the wake of a remarkably successful Taliban offensive capped by the takeover of Kabul, the responses of corporate media

consortiumnews.com

Biden state media appointee advocated using propaganda against Americans and ‘rethinking’ First Amendment - The Grayzone

The head of the Joe Biden transition team for the US Agency for Global Media, Richard Stengel, has branded himself the "chief propagandist," urged the government to use propaganda against its "own population," and called to "rethink" the First Amendment. Richard Stengel, the top state media...

thegrayzone.com

The Deep State and The Fourth Estate: Spies in Our Media, with Alan MacLeod

Alan Macleod joins MintCast to discuss his investigation into Reddit Director of Policy Jessica Ashooh and her connections to the deep state.

www.mintpressnews.com

Glenn Greenwald: Media's controls information we see, keeping us wanting more war

Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald tells 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' that the government did not tell Americans the truth about Afghanistan

news.yahoo.com

 

[jc456]

It wouldn't make sense to prepare for "mass casualties," if you knew ahead of time it was coming. . . and you certainly wouldn't want to stop it. . ..

Not when the military industrial establishment can at once publicly help the Taliban stop terrorism, and your clandestine agencies can help fund terrorism to help defeat them. . .

Pentagon prepared for ‘mass casualty’ attack at Kabul Airport hours before explosion

Detailed notes of three classified calls provided to POLITICO show top Pentagon officials knew of imminent threat, but struggled to close Abbey Gate.

www.politico.com

Think of the profits on WALL-STREET!

Sorry, not following your point.

 

[candycorn]

US military had drone lock on Kabul suicide bomber, didn’t take the shot: former official

“A Predator drone had a lock on him,” and the DOD “refused to grant permission to fire upon that bomber,” Pardo-Maurer said.

thepostmillennial.com

so we didn't want to upset the taliban as they are attacking us.

I got nothing.

hilariously false.