quote:Originally posted by 8I:quote:Originally posted by marksw59:
Okay, I went back and watched the video. I went back and viewed it five times and come to one conclusion. So? While not defending the action of the "players" in the video in any way, there is not one shred of conclusive evidence in that video that in any way links that to Blackwater or any Americans for that matter. Any one with a PC and minimal skills could take or create the video footage, strip what ever sound is there, and overlay it with whatever audio they want, especially radio chatter from English speaking personnel. Finally edit in a sequence that is definitely not part of the original and you have a "guerrilla masterpiece". That was propaganda and you fell for it. As far as the exceptions go, maybe "murderous jack***e$" are really the exception.
I'm thinking those weren't US Troops in the video.
This judge may have been correct to throw this case out on a technicality, however that doesn't mean these Blackwater employees didn't murder the unarmed fleeing civilians.
Considering that there is absolutely NOTHING in the video that proves the participation of any Americans, U.S. Military or otherwise, in that video, then yeah I would say you're thinking correctly. Surely this video was not the (only) "evidence" used to bring charges.