Ah, the lefties think they smell blood in the water and the long knives have come out. Not only are they attacking Andrew Breitbart, they’re going after past stories on the BIG sites, most notably my piece on the capture of Mullah Omar by the Pakistanis that I posted back in May.
According to blog sites Instaputz and Bartholomew’s Notes on Religion, because NATO claims to have intercepted a letter from Omar, it proves Omar is still on the loose!
Really? That settles it right there?
Let’s set aside for a moment that even Newsweek has reported that the Taliban are in “turmoil” because Mullah Omar has disappeared, and focus on what the Times of India has to say about this recently intercepted letter:
The letter, if genuine, appears to be a departure from an earlier directive that urged [the] Taliban not to harm captives.
“Whenever any official, soldier, contractor or worker of the slave government is captured, these prisoners cannot be attacked or harmed,” said the August 2009 code of conduct, attributed to Omar.
So, based on Bartholomew and Media Matters, who both picked up the meme from something called Instaputz, we’re to believe that Omar is not only free, but that he has done a complete 180 from eleven months ago and now doesn’t care how many Afghans get splashed? In fact, he’s actively encouraging the Taliban to toss out last summer’s “Code of Conduct” and slaughter them? I guess with Instaputz, Bartholomew, and Media Matters on the scene, the rest of the milblogging community can finally hang up their cleats. The cavalry has arrived!
What’s truly laughable isn’t that these bloggers (with no apparent military, intelligence, COIN, PsyOps or I.O. knowledge) are suddenly blogging about these issues, but that the left is so desperate to smear Breitbart that they’ll now cite the same brave military they so despise and distrust as proof that they’re right.
I have said it before and I will say it here again. Mullah Omar is in Pakistani custody. You can take it to the bank. Don’t believe me? See the growing list below (which none of the three bloggers above fully cited). Lefty journalism is only fun after all when you can selectively attack sources. Behold the utter nihilism of the left – available at a progressive website near you.
The confirmations:
Blackfive.net: Changes in the Af/Pak Theater – July 21, 2010
Afghan TV: Mullah Omar in Pakistani Custody – July 6, 2010
Iranian TV: Pakistan harboring Mullah Omar – June 10, 2010
Newsweek: Taliban in Turmoil – May 28, 2010
Blackfive.net: Mullah Omar & The Pakistanis – May 16, 2010
Milblogger Baba Tim – May 15, 2010
Oliver North: Mullah Omar in Hands of Pakistani ISI – May 13, 2010
BigJournalism: ‘The Nation’ Turns A Lonely Eye to BIG Mullah Omar Scoop – May 12, 2010
The Nation: (Not) Much Ado About Mullah Omar – May 11, 2010
The Jawa Report: Exclusive: Capture of Mullah Omar Confirmed – May 11, 2010
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