If the journalist is perceived as an enemy combatant, is it murder?
Which is why I said "journalist qua journalist." If the allegation is that some of our soldiers deliberately tried to kill journalists, that's murder. And Jordan certainly seems to be suggesting that this is widely known.
So, taking him at face value -- if, as he alleges, some of our soldiers have deliberately shot at, maybe killed, journalists knowing they were journalists, and if, as he alleges, this is widely known, and if, as we all know, no American soldier has been proscuted or even sanctioned for killing journalists, then I can't think of any other way for this to be happening other than the brass taking a blind eye or even approval.
That's the steps of the reasoning. I don't see any other way for it to come out, except to say Jordan didn't really mean what he said.
I have no idea whether he meant what he said, and I have no idea what he actually said, but if he said what he is alleged to have said, he's accusing some members of the military of murder and the rest of the military of failure to punish murder. |
