Nine Killed in 'Coalition helicopter' crash. All Nine Americans.

[spanone]

Don't you love how this is spun. In the article you don't get it until the last paragraph. They all had on American uniforms and they were all dead. So now Americans are just coalition fighters....

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/06/afghan.crash/index.html

""We collected nine bodies, though the Americans told us there were 13 people in total on board," Sarjang told AP by mobile telephone. "They were all wearing American uniforms and they were all dead."

[leftchick]

1. well what did you expect?

we have no real news anymore. It is shameful they are treating our soldiers this way. :grr:

[Tsiyu]

2. Human life is inconsequential

when you are a Fascist.

[spanone]

4. Unless you have a feeding tube and the RW fundies by your side.

[Demit]

3. Maybe some day headline-scanning Americans will realize there's more

information below the dateline.

[rkc3]

5. Why should we read below the headlines when our president

proudly announces he never does?

[Kota]

6. Does this go in the casualties count?What is the total combat

and non-combat count? Anybody know?

[kentuck]

7. And they all died for a friggin' lie !

It's not about freedom and liberty. It's about a lie told to the American people to invade that country. Sad but true.

[spanone]

8. ...and not ONE PERSON held responsible.

In fact the person responsible got the medal of freedom for lying...which makes that medal worth a sack of shit.

[Jo March]

9. I don't see a link for complaints

Or even the name of the person who wrote the article. How in the world can we complain about this crap?

Guess I'll write my complaint using the CNN comments form. Grrr.

[Blue Belle]

10. Is it just me...

or has anyone ever noticed that the loss of helicopters and transport aircraft (and the personnel inside) are almost always chalked up to a crash... as if it were merely pilot error and not the fact the the insurgents are shooting them out of the sky?? Hmm... maybe we should have guarded that weapons depot after all.

[Straight Shooter]

11. Afghanistan has fallen completely off the radar screen for most Americans.

They don't want to be reminded that bush has f*cked up two wars.

[LynnTheDem]

12. 16 US dead now; expected to hit 18 total

Not that most American Idiots give a shit.