Got this email today and thought that I would share it with all of you.
Linda Schlarb (Linda is the niece of William Throng-Ben )
How are you all doing? The proud warriors of Baker Company wanted to do
Got this email today and thought that I would share it with all of you.
Linda Schlarb
How are you all doing? The proud warriors of Baker Company wanted to do something to pay tribute to our fallen comrades. So since we are part of the only Infantry Battalion left in Iraq the one way that we could think of doing that is by taking a picture of Baker Company saying the way we feel. It would be awesome if you could find a way to share
this with our fellow countrymen. I was wondering if there was any way to get this into your papers to let the world know that "WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN" and are proud to serve our country.
Semper Fi
1stSgt Dave Jobe 'Baker 8"
this with our fellow countrymen. I was wondering if there was any way to get this into your papers to let the world know that "WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN" and are proud to serve our country.
Semper Fi
1stSgt Dave Jobe 'Baker 8"
____________
The following was sent to us I think by Gloria Schinkal the daughter of Frederick Mitchell.-Ben
Subject:: The Kinzey Report
Bert Kinzey is a former Army officer who became an expert in military aviation
and has authored literally dozens* of books, principally aimed at the aviation
enthusiast and scale modeler, and that are definitely apolitical. However,
with his research efforts on military subjects he has gained a wealth of
contacts within the U.S. military, and is one of the premier authorities on
military subjects in this country.
Please read what Bert has to say about CNN.
(* If you don't believe the "dozens of books", check for his titles among the
authors at just about any book seller. For example, Amazon.com currently lists
him as author of ninety five available titles.
_________________________________________________
Subject: The Kinzey Report
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hello, Everyone,
As many of you know, although some do not, I wrote a book about the Gulf War
shortly after it ended in 1991. It was published by McGraw Hill, and was
titled, "The Fury of Desert Storm, the Air Campaign." While that book's
primary focus was on the air war, much of it also addressed the news coverage
of the war. I pointed out how there were two big losers during that war; Iraq
and the news media.
Both the news media and Iraq had many things in common, one of which was that
they brought their problems on themselves.. I explained how the news media,
particularly CNN, inaccurately reported the war, misstating the facts, and in
many cases deliberately telling outright lies. I dedicated an entire chapter
to a dishonest CNN report about the B-1 bomber and evaluated its inaccuracies
line by line. I illustrated that the report was full of lies, and these were
about clearly established facts and not about someone's opinion. I spoke in
person to the people in the Pentagon that CNN had been interviewed and filmed
for that report, and they told me how CNN edited what they said to make it
seem like they were saying exactly the opposite of what they actually said. I
spoke with CNN's people here in Atlanta and at the Pentagon, including Wolf
Blitzer, and he admitted he knew nothing about the military. A CNN employee in
Atlanta admitted to me that they did not care if they got their reporting
accurate. They only wanted to get it on the air first and in the most dramatic
manner possible. Their primary purpose was to make money by selling ad space,
not reporting the news. The story goes on and on.
Unfortunately, twelve years later, the situation has not improved at CNN. I
have watched them as well as other news sources recently, and their lies and
inaccuracies are even more common than they were in 1991. Their bias is also
beyond belief. They are showing almost exclusively an anti-war stance by
people who are so delusional that they believe that peace is merely the
absence of war. While everyone, including news organizations, have their own
bias, it is neither professional nor honest to concentrate almost exclusively
on one side of an issue, particularly one so important as this. To do so
presents an inaccurate and dishonest view of what is actually happening, and
this does not allow viewers to form informed and valid opinions.
For example, CNN concentrates almost exclusively on those few nations that are
against us in this effort and makes almost no mention of the many more that
are supporting us.. They ignore and do not report on our success in
Afghanistan where we have returned women to classrooms and professional
occupations and where people are returning to that country with expectations
for a bring future free of terror, all thanks to America. Before we drove out
the Taliban, people were fleeing Afghanistan.
CNN also makes the viewer believe that those who protest the war are in far
greater numbers than those who are supporting it. This is clearly not the
case, and even CNN's own surveys show that 66% of Americans support military
action to disarm Iraq. (ABC and FOX surveys place that percent in the upper
70s.) For example, this past Saturday, over 3,000 people turned out in
Atlanta, the home of CNN, to support the war on a dreary and rainy day. At the
same time, there was an anti-war rally in Atlanta that was attended by
twenty-two, that's right TWENTY-TWO protesters. Anyone care to guess how CNN
covered it? I recently heard the percentage of students that protested the war
at universities across America, and in almost every case, it was less than one
percent. That means that ninety-nine percent did not protest against the war,
and in many cases the number gathering to support President Bush and our
troops far exceed the number who protested against it. But who does CNN
report? Clearly, all sides need to be presented in a balanced manner, and CNN
skews their coverage extremely in one direction. In my view, their coverage
with its inaccuracies, lies, distortions, and blame America first bias is
nothing short of criminal.
CNN has seldom reported much about the continuing atrocities committed by
Saddam Hussein throughout his time in power. Here is a man who has attacked
his neighbor to the east and his neighbor to the southeast. Here is a man who
has fired missiles at his neighbors to the southwest and the west. Hussein has
gassed his own people and habitually tortures those that disagree with him. He
has had the wives and children of dissidents brought in and tortured, raped,
and killed those family members before their very eyes. Here is a man who
would destroy oil wells and dams to create ecological disasters and kill the
Iraqi people. On the other side of the coin are the Americans who will bring
freedom from this oppression to the Iraqis, who will bring food and medicine
to them, who will protect Iraq's infrastructure, and who will treat Iraqi
prisoners who surrender in a humane way. But CNN makes America out to be the
bad guy! How does that work?
If you are like me and believe that the freedom of the press carries with it
an obligation to be accurate, fair, balanced, and honest, I ask you to do two
things. First, please pass this e-mail on to everyone you know so that they
may realize what CNN is doing. Second, I ask you to stop the lies, turn off
CNN, and send them an e-mail that you are doing so. I ask you to look
elsewhere for your news coverage. I find the FOX News Network, The News Hour
on PBS, and MSNBC to be far more fair. Sure, there is some bias anywhere, but
it is not so extreme nor calculated. On these networks I hear both sides about
equally. I hear about France like I do on CNN, but I also hear about Japan and
Australia as well as the many other countries that are backing us in so many
ways. As of today, three countries in Europe are against us, and twenty-two
have come out in support of us. Most of the twenty-two have never been
mentioned on CNN, but representatives of France and Germany are on CNN almost
hourly. So please take a look at several news choices and find one that is
accurate, fair, and balanced. It is only that way that you will get an honest
view of what is going on. I am not telling you which one to choose, I'm only
asking you to turn off CNN.
It is not in my present plans to write another book for the general public on
this war. But that may change. I am so sickened by the reporting of CNN that I
may just do so. If I do, I will not focus on the air war this time. Instead I
will simply state the facts that clearly prove that CNN is lying and
distorting the news about our country, our leaders, and our military.
Finally, I would like to remind you to do a third thing. As most of you know,
I have a son who is a Navy pilot and who has been flying missions in the
Middle East since last November. So, as the father of one of our deployed
military personnel, and as a former Army officer myself, I ask all of you to
remember our troops, support them, and pray for them even more than you
usually do in these critical days ahead. I know many of you also have family
members or friends who are over there ready to do their jobs in support of our
country. It is those troops who keep us free, and who are ready to lay down
their lives to protect our country. It is not the movie stars nor the news
reporters that have ever protected us.
For those of you who pass this on to your friends, I thank you for your help
in spreading the word about CNN.
God bless America,
Bert Kinzey
This should make us feel better about what is being broadcast as compared to the truth.
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 6:21 PM
Subject: Fw: Bert Kinzey Report
Subject:: The Kinzey Report
Bert Kinzey is a former Army officer who became an expert in military aviation
and has authored literally dozens* of books, principally aimed at the aviation
enthusiast and scale modeler, and that are definitely apolitical. However,
with his research efforts on military subjects he has gained a wealth of
contacts within the U.S. military, and is one of the premier authorities on
military subjects in this country.
Please read what Bert has to say about CNN.
(* If you don't believe the "dozens of books", check for his titles among the
authors at just about any book seller. For example, Amazon.com currently lists
him as author of ninety five available titles.
_________________________________________________
Subject: The Kinzey Report
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hello, Everyone,
As many of you know, although some do not, I wrote a book about the Gulf War
shortly after it ended in 1991. It was published by McGraw Hill, and was
titled, "The Fury of Desert Storm, the Air Campaign." While that book's
primary focus was on the air war, much of it also addressed the news coverage
of the war. I pointed out how there were two big losers during that war; Iraq
and the news media.
Both the news media and Iraq had many things in common, one of which was that
they brought their problems on themselves.. I explained how the news media,
particularly CNN, inaccurately reported the war, misstating the facts, and in
many cases deliberately telling outright lies. I dedicated an entire chapter
to a dishonest CNN report about the B-1 bomber and evaluated its inaccuracies
line by line. I illustrated that the report was full of lies, and these were
about clearly established facts and not about someone's opinion. I spoke in
person to the people in the Pentagon that CNN had been interviewed and filmed
for that report, and they told me how CNN edited what they said to make it
seem like they were saying exactly the opposite of what they actually said. I
spoke with CNN's people here in Atlanta and at the Pentagon, including Wolf
Blitzer, and he admitted he knew nothing about the military. A CNN employee in
Atlanta admitted to me that they did not care if they got their reporting
accurate. They only wanted to get it on the air first and in the most dramatic
manner possible. Their primary purpose was to make money by selling ad space,
not reporting the news. The story goes on and on.
Unfortunately, twelve years later, the situation has not improved at CNN. I
have watched them as well as other news sources recently, and their lies and
inaccuracies are even more common than they were in 1991. Their bias is also
beyond belief. They are showing almost exclusively an anti-war stance by
people who are so delusional that they believe that peace is merely the
absence of war. While everyone, including news organizations, have their own
bias, it is neither professional nor honest to concentrate almost exclusively
on one side of an issue, particularly one so important as this. To do so
presents an inaccurate and dishonest view of what is actually happening, and
this does not allow viewers to form informed and valid opinions.
For example, CNN concentrates almost exclusively on those few nations that are
against us in this effort and makes almost no mention of the many more that
are supporting us.. They ignore and do not report on our success in
Afghanistan where we have returned women to classrooms and professional
occupations and where people are returning to that country with expectations
for a bring future free of terror, all thanks to America. Before we drove out
the Taliban, people were fleeing Afghanistan.
CNN also makes the viewer believe that those who protest the war are in far
greater numbers than those who are supporting it. This is clearly not the
case, and even CNN's own surveys show that 66% of Americans support military
action to disarm Iraq. (ABC and FOX surveys place that percent in the upper
70s.) For example, this past Saturday, over 3,000 people turned out in
Atlanta, the home of CNN, to support the war on a dreary and rainy day. At the
same time, there was an anti-war rally in Atlanta that was attended by
twenty-two, that's right TWENTY-TWO protesters. Anyone care to guess how CNN
covered it? I recently heard the percentage of students that protested the war
at universities across America, and in almost every case, it was less than one
percent. That means that ninety-nine percent did not protest against the war,
and in many cases the number gathering to support President Bush and our
troops far exceed the number who protested against it. But who does CNN
report? Clearly, all sides need to be presented in a balanced manner, and CNN
skews their coverage extremely in one direction. In my view, their coverage
with its inaccuracies, lies, distortions, and blame America first bias is
nothing short of criminal.
CNN has seldom reported much about the continuing atrocities committed by
Saddam Hussein throughout his time in power. Here is a man who has attacked
his neighbor to the east and his neighbor to the southeast. Here is a man who
has fired missiles at his neighbors to the southwest and the west. Hussein has
gassed his own people and habitually tortures those that disagree with him. He
has had the wives and children of dissidents brought in and tortured, raped,
and killed those family members before their very eyes. Here is a man who
would destroy oil wells and dams to create ecological disasters and kill the
Iraqi people. On the other side of the coin are the Americans who will bring
freedom from this oppression to the Iraqis, who will bring food and medicine
to them, who will protect Iraq's infrastructure, and who will treat Iraqi
prisoners who surrender in a humane way. But CNN makes America out to be the
bad guy! How does that work?
If you are like me and believe that the freedom of the press carries with it
an obligation to be accurate, fair, balanced, and honest, I ask you to do two
things. First, please pass this e-mail on to everyone you know so that they
may realize what CNN is doing. Second, I ask you to stop the lies, turn off
CNN, and send them an e-mail that you are doing so. I ask you to look
elsewhere for your news coverage. I find the FOX News Network, The News Hour
on PBS, and MSNBC to be far more fair. Sure, there is some bias anywhere, but
it is not so extreme nor calculated. On these networks I hear both sides about
equally. I hear about France like I do on CNN, but I also hear about Japan and
Australia as well as the many other countries that are backing us in so many
ways. As of today, three countries in Europe are against us, and twenty-two
have come out in support of us. Most of the twenty-two have never been
mentioned on CNN, but representatives of France and Germany are on CNN almost
hourly. So please take a look at several news choices and find one that is
accurate, fair, and balanced. It is only that way that you will get an honest
view of what is going on. I am not telling you which one to choose, I'm only
asking you to turn off CNN.
It is not in my present plans to write another book for the general public on
this war. But that may change. I am so sickened by the reporting of CNN that I
may just do so. If I do, I will not focus on the air war this time. Instead I
will simply state the facts that clearly prove that CNN is lying and
distorting the news about our country, our leaders, and our military.
Finally, I would like to remind you to do a third thing. As most of you know,
I have a son who is a Navy pilot and who has been flying missions in the
Middle East since last November. So, as the father of one of our deployed
military personnel, and as a former Army officer myself, I ask all of you to
remember our troops, support them, and pray for them even more than you
usually do in these critical days ahead. I know many of you also have family
members or friends who are over there ready to do their jobs in support of our
country. It is those troops who keep us free, and who are ready to lay down
their lives to protect our country. It is not the movie stars nor the news
reporters that have ever protected us.
For those of you who pass this on to your friends, I thank you for your help
in spreading the word about CNN.
God bless America,
Bert Kinzey