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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoes anyone else feel like we're being kept in the dark about something, here?
How about some actual information about what's happening to our troops?
This is the Twitter age and there are reporters everywhere. Where's the- confirmed- info?
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Does anyone else feel like we're being kept in the dark about something, here? (Original Post)
coti
Jan 2020
OP
The fog of war. I'd rather wait for accurate news than get immediate but inaccurate news.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jan 2020
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Tripper11
(4,338 posts)1. Something or everything?
I'm going with the latter.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)2. Why ever would you think that?
But also
Zoonart
(11,869 posts)3. Reading my mind...
Ominous.
onecaliberal
(32,864 posts)4. Yes what the fuck happened to our people?
Solomon
(12,311 posts)5. I was just saying this to my wife.
Not telling us whether there are any casualties.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)6. The fog of war. I'd rather wait for accurate news than get immediate but inaccurate news.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)12. This.
Thank you.
Amishman
(5,557 posts)7. Something weird is going on
Especially with many (unconfirmed) reports going around that we had troops in shelter hours beforehand.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)8. Engel is reporting that with limited info, it looks like the ballistic missiles did not cause a
lot of damage. Again, it's early and that could change.
triron
(22,007 posts)14. Normally I trust what he says. I remain suspicious.
Perhaps Tehran was exercising restraint
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)9. What do you expect?
Among other things, an airbase in Iraq has been attacked.
Just who do you expect to be providing detailed quality control information to the persons who launched those missiles?
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)10. The only lesson we really learned from Viet Nam
was not to let the press have unrestricted access to your war zones and troops. The press has a nasty habit of telling the truth.
Raine
(30,540 posts)11. Nothing new in that
the public is most always kept in the dark.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)13. got to wait for someone..
with a cell-phone.