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To: Suma who wrote (20299)	6/4/2006 10:44:09 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541778

And in Vietnam, even with those journalists, we had atrocities. I don't think you can eliminate atrocities- because you can't eliminate the fear, the anger, and the personality flaws in every solider in the US army. I suppose more journalists might have some effect on US soldiers, in terms of better conduct (of course then you have to ask- will better conduct mean soldiers hesitate when they shouldn't, thus giving us more dead US soldiers?)- but we'd have to actually test the theory, to see if it holds water.

To: Suma who wrote (20299)	6/4/2006 11:18:51 AM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 541778

cnn yesterday had a cnn women reporter on their show over the incident and her being embedded with Marines. she said yes , it is very difficult to report all the actions and maintain a relationship. She explained a situation where Iraq's showed her bodies coming out of a house of women and children etc. that had been bombed. She or her crew were filming the process. The men in the group were upset about her filming it and asked why she was doing it? She told them she has to report all the news as a journalist. Well imo we do not get all the news reported we get what will draw on nightly news or front pages. If these well disciplined marines lost it and killed these people i doubt a camera would have stopped it. It they cracked under pressure no telling how far it went. we will find out after the investigation.