Punditry: Friendly fire video will appear on YouTube

[andygates]

Here's my prediction for the day.  The US military have classified a cockpit video which allegedly shows an A-10 crew killing a British tank and, inside it, a chap called Matty Hull.  The coroner at Matty's inquest has seen the video and is furious, demanding that it be declassified.  So far, the Powers that Be have failed to do this.  Everything points to the video showing trigger-happy tank killers killing the wrong tanks, and the "secret" classification being purely to save face.

A blag of that tape is going to get on YouTube.  I don't know how but I'd say within the week.  Because this sort of dumb cover-up stinks, and because it'll get the uploader their fifteen minutes.  You heard it here first

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stupid monkey

[maythen-apple.livejournal.com]

And may it hit the right damn people over the head.
Just once, come on. Some of us are still trying here.

Though I can't say I'm all that comfortable with it being on the internet flinging that imagery about. That sort of horror should never be converted into a screen saver.

[carl42nz.livejournal.com]

I think that was the guy whose last words to his family was "It's not the Iraqis I have to worry about its the Americans"
Sadly he turned out to be right.