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April 28, 2008
Reason #9438272874859
Why I don't watch television:
CBS’s Simon to Israeli Air Force Pilot: ‘You Don't Look Like a Killer’
On Sunday’s CBS "60 Minutes," anchor Bob Simon talked to members of the Israeli Air Force and asked one pilot, Captain Omri, about air strikes in the Gaza strip in which civilians occasionally are killed:
It's a classic guerilla war. Fifty dollar rockets made in the back alleys of Gaza against Israel's $50,000 missiles. The Israelis will tell you that kind of expense buys precise weapons which limit collateral damage. But it also gives the air force the capability of assassinating their enemy's leadership. The Israelis call this "targeted killings"; the Palestinians call it murder. Have you hit any targets?
Simon then went on to say to Omri: "But I must tell you, your face, your manners, your demeanor, you don't look like a killer. And yet what you do a lot of the time when you're over Gaza, you're killing." The pilot responded: "I agree. I don't think I'm a killer. When I look at my face in the mirror, I don't see a killer."
What would you expect from a man who yearns to recapture the days when he was held hostage and beaten by those who imprisoned him because he found the experience to be more intense than taking drugs?
He's more than just a moron, he's a friggin' moron.
Posted by LindaSoG at April 28, 2008 07:23 PM
Comments
A BIG freakin' moron...
Posted by: TexasFred at April 28, 2008 09:19 PM
The pilot should have responded, "And you don't look like a journalist, so there!"
Posted by: Gary at April 29, 2008 10:24 AM
Journalists are the most overwhelming cretins on the planet.
Posted by: Mark at April 29, 2008 12:56 PM
Funny how these so called Journalists are always saying that blogging needs to be stopped because it contaminates journalism. Typical BS, they don't like competition... it's pretty widely known the all major media outlets are biased and invent news more than report it. Thanks for posting this though, it was very insightful.
Collin
www.rejectsociety.com
Posted by: Collin Williams at April 29, 2008 06:01 PM