This is disgusting. I wish I had stock in the NYT Company so I could sell it or a subscription to cancel or an NYT reporter to beat about the head and shoulders…. Let the f^%#king reporter die. I don’t know Stephen Farrell, but I’m pretty sure he’s a POS who is not worth the soldier who gave his life for him. I hope he remembers that when he hugs his family and kisses his children.
The dramatic rescue operation came in the early hours of Wednesday when a troop of Special Boat Service commandos supported by a company from the Special Forces Support Group left an American base in US helicopters. But the young British soldier died in the battle to the distress of his commanders.
One senior Army source said: “When you look at the number of warnings this person had it makes you really wonder whether he was worth rescuing, whether it was worth the cost of a soldier’s life. In the future special forces might think twice in a similar situation.”
Another military source said: “This reporter went to this area against the advice of the Afghan police. So thanks very much Stephen Farrell, your irresponsible act has led to the death of one of our boys.”
The British troops landed outside the compound where the hostages were being held with the noise of the helicopters giving the Taliban enough warning that a military operation was under way.
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I am equally disgusted.
And notice how quickly we’ve all forgotten the risk of life to his reporters and expense and risk to us all that Al Gore recently imposed with his reporting antics in North Korea…
I pray this soldier rests in peace and his family finds comfort in knowing how valiant he was.
Don’t you realize that graduates of journalism school acquire special super powers that makes them immune from warfare and mayhem and other inconveniences that we mere mortals are subject to?
This appears to me to be the same as during hurricanes, etc. When you stay (or in this case were warned not to go) and you do so against the admonitions of emergency/authority personnel – they will not risk their lives to save you if you later find yourself jeopardy.
How arrogant of him to do this; not thinking the warnings should apply to him. No story is worth the risks he took and price that soldier paid.
I don’t know how I could live with myself.
Do you think the NYT will remember this act in the future when it comes to war and military reporting? That was rhetorical.