Re: Google Earth, a must!

Thus spake Karen Selwyn <kselwyntacc@xxxxxxxxx> :

>Badger wrote:
>>
>> Karen, while I support our troops whole heartedly, and having a relative
>> and several friends in the midst of this now. I must say you really
>> don't know what you're talking about. The news on tv is a farce as to
>> what's actually going on, and I have information directly from the
>> troops that are there.
>
>I really don't understand what you're saying. That some segment of the
>soldiers really isn't distressed by images of their bases on Google
>Earth? That the news organization planted the distress in the minds of
>the soldiers who were interviewed?
>
>> As far as the Google stuff, anyone who wants the data, has been able to
>> get it for years. If they didn't know it existed, then you can blame the
>> news for spilling the beans and putting the troops in harms way. Your
>> argument to not show the bases is silly. If they didn't show what was in
>> certain areas the terrorist would know what was there any way.
>
>Now, you've really lost me. Google Earth puts the images on the
>internet, but the fault belongs to the news media?

Karen, here's another example. About 11 years ago, the news media
went crazy about so called "cop killer" bullets that supposedly could
penetrate body armor. Except that few folks at the time knew that
cops wore body armor. Shortly after that, there were a number of
instances in which police officers were killed when the criminal took
a head shot.

BTW and OT, I own a box of those so called "cop killers". A box of
Black Talons in .40 S&W. Turns out they weren't even that good a
round. They are now sold, without the ugly black finish, as ShurStop.

>
>The soldiers' quarrel has less to do with the existence of their base at
>specific latitude and longitude coordinates than the high res images
>showing the exact location of tents, mess halls, runways, etc. -- little
>of which has changed since the photos were taken.

Sure, although they also need to worry about the fact that there are
spies in their midst.

>
>> I appreciate your fervor and support of the troops as well, but you're
>> incorrect in your analisys.
>
>But I'm not analyzing anything. I'm accepting the reality of soldiers'
>perception and responding to their distress. The interviewed soldiers
>are in combat, and their perception of safety and security is colored by
>that fact. From the safety of my living room, I'm unwilling to dismiss
>the soldiers'distress so blithely.

Be careful with confusing perception with fact. The perception is
that their security has somehow been comprimised. The fact is that
they are just as secure/insecure today as they were a year ago.

>
>Karen Selwyn

--
dillon

Pain is Nature's way of saying "that was stupid"
.

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