(Hat tip to Michael D.)
Here’s some of the positive news today about Canadian troops being in Afghanistan, as reported on CTV.ca (starting well into the story):
[…] “This really is quite a coup for the Canadian military,” Mackey Frayer told CTV’s Canada AM on Friday. “This is the single biggest capture of Taliban fighters—10 detainees were taken into custody.
“They were said to possess a large amount of money, they had some weapons, and they had some military-type equipment that the military said was going to be used to make roadside bombs.”
[…] “In summary, we’ve taken some bad guys off the streets, and Afghans are safer because of it,” Theriault said.
Fantastic! But wait! This isn’t controversial or negative! In fact it speaks to the great success and benefits of Canada “being there” and fighting terrorists! With guns! It doesn’t add ANYTHING to the liberal-left’s yearning to lose the war to make America look bad and help the terrorists win.
So we find that the CTV.ca web site reports the story couched in controversy—whatever controversy they could find—which they practically fished out of thin air. This is how they open the story—their first paragraph:
The largest-ever capture of suspected Taliban insurgents by Canadian Forces in Afghanistan comes amid controversy after the Canadian military tried to suppress photos of the prisoners.
Ah. That’s better. Controversy! The idiot forces screwed-up. Yay! And it’s about the media again! Yay yay! More media access to photos of potentially bad things that would cause consternation back home! Perfect!
But, alas, truth has a way of leaking out despite them. A military expert went ahead and said things on TV. Their TV. So they sort of have to report it. If they didn’t, I would have. Darn the luck.
[…] CTV’s military analyst, Scott Taylor of Esprit de Corps magazine, said the images portray a successful operation, and as a result the military could actually benefit from their release.
“In this case, being a successful mission, the military themselves would much rather see those images than another flag draped coffin coming home,” Taylor told Canada AM on Friday.
Those were the last two paragraphs of their 28-paragraph story, more than half of which was devoted to the “controversy” rather than the huge uplifting success of our troops, who deserve all the accolades in the world.
A newspaper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, reported it quite differently. Canadian forces arrest 10 suspected Taleban in Afghanistan
UPDATE: I noticed that I’d forgotten to provide the link to the CTV.ca story so HERE IT IS.
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