Rusty talks more about the Italian reporter. I feel sorry for her, but I agree: ’tis quite likely she brought it on herself a bit…
The Jawa Report: Sgrena Mia Culpa
The most likely explanation is that Sgrena’s driver simply did not follow orders to halt.Now, why did Sgrena’s driver not follow these orders?
Two hypothoses come to mind:
a) It was dark and the driver was confused about the identity of the soldiers mistaking them for insurgents
b) The driver believed the anti-American rhetoric of Sgrena and her likes. If the US is as Sgrena describes then why would you stop? Remember, for a large number of people in the world who watch al Jazeera or read left-wing newspaper’s US soldiers are terrorists.
If the latter is true than the shooting incident becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Don’t stop at an American chekcpoint because they shoot reporters. The reporters get shot because they don’t stop at a US checkpoint.
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