Suicide Bomber Strikes Near Defense Secretary Gates

How misleading can you be? The story title “Suicide Bomber Strikes Near Defense Secretary Gates” implies to the average person that it was an attack on his personal convoy. But once you read on, you’ll notice that it wasn’t his convoy, he wasn’t in the area, and he probably didn’t even know it went on. Heck, it doesn’t even say if it was 20 minutes before or 20 minutes after! Stop trying to make us believe that he was in imminent danger because of this event. Perhaps next time, a homicide bomber will strike within 1,000 miles two days before a dignitary and you can mislead the public with another sensational headline to try to attract site visitors…

Sounds like good news to me. The only one who died was the bomber.

the reporter failed to point out the possible contribution to global warming from the bomb!

It seems everyone here agrees ABC, will you people actually start learning from what your customers say about your product, or are you all going to be stubborn and keep producing the same flawed product? I’m sure someone out there will be glad to take over the news business once ABC has drivin its image as low as many of the failing print media companies are experiencing.

Of course he knew it went off behind him. I don’t know about you but every time a car bomb went off I jumped a little. After time you get used to it but not when you just get off a jet. But is it news? Not really, just a coincidence.

Reader 2 – Both parties get unfair treatment; Bush and the GOP got a walk from the media leading up to the war in Iraq. But if you don’t like the ABC product then don’t use it – that’s how the free market works. Besides, this story doesn’t have anything to do with party or partisanship.

Im interested in knowing if some policy Bush has instituted had anything to do with this poor, globally warmed, uninsured and misunderstood SUICIDE Bomber’s decision to blow himself up?

Jim,if it has nothing to do with a party or partisanship why run the story!We all know that bombs and gunfire are heard everyday there!

Ironically, it is usually neo-cons that jump on a story like this as support for why we are fighting and need to vote republican.
The title of the story is sensationalist. There is no mention of Afganistan, if I was not aware of Gates being in the Middle East right now, I might have thought this happened in the US.
Like the first comment stated, the incident happened 20 minutes either before or after Gates was in the area. It’s like saying I was almost in a car crash, because I passed the scene of an accident that happened 20 minutes earlier.

I was stationed at Bagram Air Base when the homicide bomber attacked the gate that Vice President Cheney MIGHT have travelled through that day. Just like in this case, it was reported in such a way as to let you believe there was actual danager to the VP. Somewhat misleading…

If we would just quit meddling in their country their countries affairs you wouldn’t find as many people willing to blow themselves up to in order to make a statement. But hey, lets just plant the rose bush of democracy around the globe at any cost since we are such a great model of how that works.

Smallwood I can see your point. Anton you are also right on the money. JoeBob I am not convinced that you know how to read.

Another piece of propaganda from the failing networks. That sucking sound is your ratings, falling day by day. Ever think that changing your tune might reverse things? But you dinosaurs never learn….

I suppose that ABC is going to do a follow-up story on how this was all Bush’s fault. I’m sure they’ll link this, in their own whacked out way, to the White House. ABC. . .it’s only a matter of time before you reap what you haved sowed. LOL

It appears that ABC’s game here is to make the enemy appear more powerful and successful than they really are, in support of their own ideological agenda to defeat the US. In this case, an IED goes off somewhere on a road used by Gates within twenty minutes, which means Gates is probably ten to twenty miles away from the blast. That means that from the point of the blast, Gates was at least on the edge of the horizon from danger. Could he even hear the blast which ABC implies came so close to him?
Likewise, the suicide bomber which ABC claims struck against VP Cheney had nothing to do with Cheney’s visit. He struck at a gate on the other side of the base where Cheney was having a meeting. It is more hyperbole, not facts, from political hacks, not newsmen, at ABC.
They’re trying to spin the war for the bad guys, just like they did in Vietnam. But we’re on to them this time.

To a liberal, liberalism comes before anything (and I mean ANYTHING) else…even making a product that will be viable enough to make a profit and remain in business. That is why they will eventually end up on the trash heap of history.

How many more deaths will it take before the U.S. acknowledges that it has lost the battle for Washington D.C.? We need to get our policemen and politicians out of there, as the deaths will never stop.

Gates should have quoted Steve Buscemi after he got shot in the face in Fargo:
YOU SHOULD SEE THE OTHER GUY!!!

Story should have read ” Defense Secretary slips by suicide bomber while visiting planet mars.”
What a close call Mr. Secretary.

The Excecutives at ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN etc……need to watch The Glenn Beck Show to understand that we are on to their antics and deceit in so many different areas…..ie….the war, immigration. Maybe someday they will realize that their “business” would prosper if they actually told us the truth the majority of the time……

Posted by: Scottyron | Dec 4, 2007 10:22:50 AM
“How many more deaths will it take before the U.S. acknowledges that it has lost the battle for Washington D.C.? We need to get our policemen and politicians out of there, as the deaths will never stop.”
Nation Building is a hell of a business people. I say we cash out asap. The thing that bothers me is that Americans are willing to sign the death warrants of hundreds of thousands of people by leaving those places immediately. Especially Iraq. Regardless of the pre-text for this show we owe it to the civilians of that nation to help them fix what we let become broken; (A Saddam-less Iraq). It’s our short sight that allowed them to each others throats. Pointing fingers at a newly elected majority govt that for decades lived in absolute fear of 20% of the population is obtuse. We turned our back on the Shia of Basra in 91′. That was a horrible thing to do, and I find nobility in trying to fix that. Alot of people died thinking we were going to help them rebel, and the other Bush said. “Syke! We gotta go. Later!” How horrible?. There is good and bad in everything. So New Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Wolfowitz fed us a big Doo Doo sandwich and only some of us seem willing to do the right thing: Finish eating it. That way A regional war doesn’t break out. That’s no gloom and doon either. That’s a near fact that would unfold. If radical Shia’s get a chance to get their way there won’t be a Sunni left in Iraq, and before they can finish that job The Sunni Boys will come to help them. In turn Iran will assist the Shias, and that’s a far bigger, stinkier sandwich. Hopefully we can wash the one we are already eating down with a glass of chocholate milk in the end.

edh – Depleted military from wag the dog missions??? IFOR was 20,000 US troops. Regime change in Belgrade without a single soldier on the ground or a casualty. Not seeing how Clinton destroyed the military.
I was still active duty when Bush came into office. Much credit to him for a fantastic pay raise for mid-level NCOs, but active duty numbers were still being pared down. Now we have 150k in Iraq, 40k in Afghanistan and are still operating with basically the same numbers that we had in 2000.

If he blew himself up in the U.S., would he be covered by Hillary-Care?

Honestly, is there a day when a bomb doesn’t go off in Afghanistan? So any time an American leader happens to find himself on the ground there, ABC could print a sensationalized story about it. Seriously, “Strikes Near Defense Secretary Gates”, because the bomber was on the same road? This story would be equally accurate if a bomb went off on I-90 in Washington State and gates was on I-90 in South Dakota.

I agree with the 2nd post, why cant all the networks be just like Fox News… they have no agenda at all…..

Advertisements… contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
–Thomas Jefferson
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
–Gore Vidal

Don’t forget, the Dems are always holding hands with the kings of countries that release AQ terrorists when they promise to play nice.

Headline: Reporter Almost Captures News
A journalist yesterday reported an event that occured within a short walking distance of another event that occurred later, noting that it might have been compelling if the two events had occurred at the same time and place.
No animals were harmed while shooting the footage.

James Deaniac – thanks for the information. I was not sure that CAIR could contribute to political campaigns. But based on what you wrote, it sounds like they can. I know CAIR gets a lot of funding from the Saudi government, but I didn’t know they were giving money to Hillery.
I also didn’t know that Muslims only give money to Dimocrats. I didn’t see a religion filter on the FEC’s disclosure page. But if you say so, I have to believe you. Hillery must be stopped.

homjett suggests that the bomb may have contributed to global warming – doesn’t he know that the bombing was caused by global warming!

Let’s be fair now. News like this ISN’T about what happened, but what COULD have happened. Oh My Gosh…think of the implications! Perhaps the bomber thought it was President Bush that was going to be on that road…maybe ABC could run something sensational along that line…

Whew, that was close. I am glad the SecDef is OK. He really should be more careful.

when did misleading headlines become an accepted form of “journalism”?
I find it most pathetic.

This story could have been written, another suicide bomber committed suicide and Gates was in the country. Then you could say that Harry Reid and Nancy P want to run up the white flag of surrender. They are still saying the surge is not working and we are loosing everything.

This conflict is not about Afghanistan and Iraq.
It is about the preservation of Israel!
Think about it, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Syria all flank Israel. By taking out two, Afghanistan and Iraq, we isolated Iran and Syria.
To get right to the point, Israel would not hesitate to use it’s nuclear weapons if they thought the end of Israel was a reality.
Radiation in that region would render ANY oil useless because no human being could work to get it out of the ground.
I’ll let your imagination figure out the world consequences of that.

John, a free Israel with freedom for Jews under the rule of law is worth paying your figure of $4,000 per person.
I also read this blog with the understanding that not every post is by an American.
Some people that post here do not understand nor have the freedom to say in public what we can write here, JOHN.
Remember, freedom is not free, it has a monetary and personal cost.

Misleading title. Bad reporter. Bad! Bad! No soup for you!

Headline: One more Dumb$&$$ blows self to bits, one peice of said dumb*&$% thought to have landed within yards or miles , or maybe even inches of where Gates may or may not have been or be going recently or shortly.
Oh, Gates un-injured

Did the suicide bomber have health insurance? It seems obvious to me this was a cry for help from the democrates to provide health care for suicide bombers.

Who do we bomb if they suceed in killing one of our officials. It will take a pre-emptive nuclear attack to send the message to the right people about the ultimate weapon, a bomb on a human being. If the Moslems in the Middle East realize that they will all commit suicide if they make the right people mad is the message we have to send.

OK… I understand that things blowing up can be scary when you have never personally experienced it. Let me fill you in, Ms Raddatz, and any other reporters that may take the time to read this.
A bomb blast can be considered “near” when you feel it, have debris land near you or even if the noise of it makes you duck. Just hearing it is not enough to call it “Near” as the sound from a large blast can carry for quite a distance.
Being in the same country within 20 minutes of the blast is not considered “Near”.
I hope this helps clear up up any confusion on your part. Have a nice day.
Robbie
US Army

Why not just print that the bomber had a premature detonation on the way to meet the secretary………………..What a dumb story.

Off topic Hsu idicted for straw donors to Hillary through Chinese government money! They always say once a criminal always a criminal! by jan 3 2008 85% disaproval of Hillary, the Clitoons Ship is sinking for ever!!!!!!!

Having failed to coverup the positive news in Iraq, the Dem Propaganda Machine now focuses it’s anti-war spin on Afganistan. Good luck media hacks!

I like the ending: 1 suicide bomber dead with no innocent loss of life. I call that a win.

This report is just as phony as all the other mainstream media’s reporting techniques. My solution was to take ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC off my remote control presets, so if I click to run through all the preset channels, it just skips those channels.
To tell you the truth, I haven’t missed them at all, and my life is much better having done so. Of course I have to enter the channel number to watch some football games, but other than that, I am happy.

I am so sick and tired, as Im sure are all other Americans, of only WEALTHY people being “allowed” to run for president. All of these silver spoon fed people have absolutely no idea of what is going on in this country. It should be made mandatory that all the losers running for president should have to place into a pot the equivalent of 4 times the money they spent on their race for presidency to only be allowed to be spent by “ordinary folk” in any presidental election. The same goes for all congressmen.

This is news? Suicide bombers in that part of the world, among others, is about as newsworthy as rain in Seattle. Pardon my un-PC, but these are clearly savages, in areas where savages are quite common.

Come to think of it, we haven’t seen Al Franken anywhere since that happened, have we?