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Thinkingabout

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36. Let me explain one last time, I understand how negotiations work, it is not a final draft, plain

Mon May 11, 2015, 07:25 AM

May 2015

And simple.

You ask if I believe everything which comes through official channels is true and everything that comes through unofficial channels is unreliable, no not true. I make my opinion on gathering information from different sources, I do not jump in the feeding frenzy and believe something which may fit what I want to hear. You apparently want to believe the leaks, I choose not to, likewise I choose not to believe all statements "officially" given.

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Sy Hersh Stunner: The Killing of Osama bin Laden [View all] markpkessinger May 2015 OP

Unless this writer had first hand knowledge of the events leading up and the actual mission Thinkingabout May 2015 #1

Do you believe everything the government tells you? starroute May 2015 #20

Yes, I believe that Jessica Lynch was rescued... JayhawkSD May 2015 #21

The raid did indeed go down essentially how it was told to us. FarPoint May 2015 #33

Hersh isn't saying he wasn't in Abbottabad starroute May 2015 #41

Who cares what Pakistan says about that.... FarPoint May 2015 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author PragmaticLiberal May 2015 #61

No, and I do not believe everything a writer writes. Thinkingabout May 2015 #34

Let me explain one last time, I understand how negotiations work, it is not a final draft, plain Thinkingabout May 2015 #36

For sure. All those reliable Pakistani Officials. Why not trust them? redstateblues May 2015 #2

For sure. All those reliable Pentagon Officials. Why not trust them? Maedhros May 2015 #56

Huge K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT May 2015 #3

Dumping OBL's body was fishy. Bonobo May 2015 #4

If people had been such sticklers about unnamed sources . . . markpkessinger May 2015 #5

And if people hadn't been so willing to believe unnamed sources ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2015 #53

I thought of the Jessica Lynch story, too gratuitous May 2015 #6

Smell is a vastly underrated sense in media studies as well as real life. nt Bonobo May 2015 #7

And in reading DU posts bashing the president geek tragedy May 2015 #18

"Smell" being a metaphorical phrase meaning "my prejudices" Bucky May 2015 #74

Absolutely fishy. nt SusanCalvin May 2015 #8

Fishy as hell BrotherIvan May 2015 #9

We live in a propaganda state now. woo me with science May 2015 #10

We're nothing but customers. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #19

We are ruled by Philosopher Kings. nt Fantastic Anarchist May 2015 #54

Witnessing Sy Hersch's fall into this nonsense is moderately sad alcibiades_mystery May 2015 #11

Remember his mass casualty "scoop" from Iraq ten years ago? Recursion May 2015 #13

He also did a full Benghazi. Sad. KittyWampus May 2015 #15

Remember when he warned us in July 2002 that W. wanted to invade Iraq? McCamy Taylor May 2015 #22

Yep, and how every 8 months or so since then he's warned of an Iran attack (nt) Recursion May 2015 #23

I'm with you. Warren DeMontague May 2015 #26

He wasn't the only one, and definitely wasn't the first. Now he is just another tin foiler still_one May 2015 #29

Any person on the street following the trail of crumbs Skidmore May 2015 #62

The threat from al Qaeda was exagerated by our politicians so they could be our heroes. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #12

BS nt kelliekat44 May 2015 #14

Careful now, Sy. Maedhros May 2015 #16

People who want to call Obama a liar will lap this drivel up geek tragedy May 2015 #17

Absolutely, and to even throw the theory that it was used to justify the killing of bin laden shows still_one May 2015 #28

Bin Laden was planning more attacks too.. he wasn't some mass murderer who got his and then Cha May 2015 #32

you mean he didn't have a 401K? still_one May 2015 #37

That he was planning more attacks is precisely one of the things Hersh's essay disputes n/t markpkessinger May 2015 #49

He was such an innocent guy treestar May 2015 #65

Nobody's saying that and you know it n/t markpkessinger May 2015 #66

If he was not planning more attacks treestar May 2015 #67

Poor bin laden.. wah wah wah.. Cha May 2015 #78

Yeah, the usuals who have been throwing ignorant cheap pot shots for 7 years.. oh yeah hersh calls Cha May 2015 #31

Three things lend the story credibility. JayhawkSD May 2015 #24

+1 n/t markpkessinger May 2015 #50

you should do more research snooper2 May 2015 #52

Chill. You can support Obama and still not trust the government. The two things are not mutually McCamy Taylor May 2015 #25

No way should that POS be taken into custody. He deserved exactly what he got. As for these third still_one May 2015 #27

I didn't particularly lose sleep over bin Laden being killed either . . . markpkessinger May 2015 #64

See #64 below markpkessinger May 2015 #68

Poor Sy Hersh. He's being dragged down the garden path in a big way with this "tale." MADem May 2015 #30

Excellent post, Creative Speculation over whelms some folks. Thinkingabout May 2015 #38

So the Pakistani military sold Osama out and allowed sufrommich May 2015 #35

Kinda My Reaction, Too RobinA May 2015 #39

Recommended. H2O Man May 2015 #40

Dead men tell no tales /nt jakeXT May 2015 #42

Get your tinfoil hat on tight before reading this... Dr Hobbitstein May 2015 #43

Why This Nonsense Now? itcfish May 2015 #45

for 2 years he said it, the event happened before an election then jakeXT May 2015 #46

Good point . . . markpkessinger May 2015 #55

Not Buying This erpowers May 2015 #47

What doesn't make sense is the throngs of drone war apologists that claim our only recourse Maedhros May 2015 #58

This is all UNAPPROVED for your reading FlatBaroque May 2015 #48

I belittle and triviliase those which do not share my opinion too LanternWaste May 2015 #51

*trivialize FlatBaroque May 2015 #59

Sy, meet Alex Jones KamaAina May 2015 #57

Appearly they've been in communication with Mr. Hersh according to Jones 951-Riverside May 2015 #60

as I posted in the other thread, Hersch was very accurate during The Idiots terms Doctor_J May 2015 #63

Okay Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2015 #69

I find it scary that so many are unwilling to at least consider the possibility that it may be true markpkessinger May 2015 #70

Uh Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2015 #72

I don't think anybody can honestly say it is true or not true at this point . . . markpkessinger May 2015 #73