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  1. joe mc donald

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    Yes a close shave for them. Think i would have had two flags with me just in case.
    Joe.
     
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  2. PatW

    PatW Senior Member

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    War correspondents are absolutely essential, deserving of respect for entering an active war zone armed only with a camera and mobile phone. I'm sure the Ukrainians are grateful that the news is not completely under control of the aggressors. Cast your mind back to other wars where the news reporter's supplied damming evidence for subsequent war trials. More power to them.
     
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  3. Octoberon

    Octoberon Crème de la Crème

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    It is dangerous, obviously, but having accurate information is essential. Journalists on the ground are not aggressors and not a threat to anyone, other than to those who want to suppress the truth. They shouldn't be targetted. If they are, it isn't combat, it's murder.
     
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  4. andypandy

    andypandy Crème de la Crème

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    Not really harsh. John Simpson is a typical BBC superior type who is always right and can do no wrong. He took his cameraman into a dangerous area thinking he was immune. That action left a man dead, a wife without a husband and kids without a Dad.
     
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  5. Wessa

    Wessa Cruising

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    A shocking event that rams home the dangers of war.
     
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  6. Helmut Visor

    Helmut Visor Only dead fish go with the flow
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    The amount of soldiers who have lost their lives or been injured saving inept, unequipped, poorly planned and ill informed journalists and private security contractors is ridiculous and unacceptable. Add to this they are paid considerably less for the privilege and it gets beyond showing any respect at all, they are self serving idiots who put themselves there for their own personal gains and cry for the professionals when it all goes wrong for them :mad:
     
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  7. PatW

    PatW Senior Member

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    Soldiers protecting lives...think you'll find that's in the small and large print
     
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  8. sprintdave

    sprintdave Nurse,he's out of bed again

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    #188 sprintdave, Mar 5, 2022
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    We have drones now and clear satellite pictures so no need for news people to be in there
     
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  9. PatW

    PatW Senior Member

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    Agreed, but drones can't interview people and I haven't seen any drone images, probably either side Ukrainian or Russian would shoot them down if seen.
     
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  10. Erling

    Erling Elite Member

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    Something I haven't noticed commented in the media I follow, is what will happen with Russia's frozen assets abroad when all this is over. I vote for repair and compensation in Ukraine.
    On a different note, you know it must be really bad when the TALIBAN call on Russia and Ukraine to 'resolve the crisis through peaceful means'.
     
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  11. andypandy

    andypandy Crème de la Crème

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    Better to shoot drones than people is it not ?
     
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  12. PatW

    PatW Senior Member

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    What drones though?
     
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  13. andypandy

    andypandy Crème de la Crème

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    My Missus drones on sometimes when I don't do jobs and stuff. :(:D
     
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  14. Octoberon

    Octoberon Crème de la Crème

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    Have you thought about sending her to Ukraine? :D
     
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  15. andyc1

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    If your running about in a war zone in a foreign country you have to expect incidents like this. Scary stuff when you see it from the receiving end! Have to agree about the rescue effort, seems like a waste of resources and unnecessary risks for stupid actions that should have been avoided in the first place.
     
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  16. andypandy

    andypandy Crème de la Crème

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    Believe me, I've tried everywhere. :eek::D
     
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  17. joe mc donald

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    Yes agree and disagree. Do think they were risking a lot for a story where they should have stayed behind the lines and been clearly marked. But the better the story the better sales.
    Joe.
     
  18. Georgez

    Georgez Senior Member

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    #198 Georgez, Mar 5, 2022
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    The REAL story is what the %uck are the politicians doing about this... sending more people to die?
    We need John Kerry... {that's a JOKE}
     
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  19. andyc1

    andyc1 Lunarville 7, Airlock 3

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    I seen somebody make a fair point elsewhere. Why the hell are we still sending aid to India while they refuse to condem what Putin is doing.
     
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  20. andypandy

    andypandy Crème de la Crème

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    I'm guessing that "aid" is some kind of bribe. :confused:
     
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