Posted by
Bob Parks on Monday, March 10, 2008 10:43:34 AM
There is a video circulating like crazy online of a United States soldier throwing a puppy over the cliff in what appears to be Iraq. What’s most disturbing is not the act itself (which is under investigation and the video’s authenticity is in question), but how quickly many here have condemned those soldiers, IF they are soldiers at all.
We supposedly live in a nation where one is innocent until proven guilty, but thanks to the smearing of our entire Armed Forces because of isolated events at Abu Ghraib, as well as Hollywood’s slanderous contributions, many are quick to believe this video’s authenticity and our military’s guilt.
I could be wrong, but I believe the video is a fake. This would not be the first time we’ve all been punk’d.
Many were in tears listening to the baring of former Army Ranger Jesse Macbeth’s soul to the anti-war crowd. He described the many atrocities he, and others in his Iraq unit, participated in. He claimed to have personally killed more than 200 civilians, run over dogs in the street in their armored vehicle. The problem is Jesse Macbeth never made it through boot camp. Despite the fact he was discredited as a liar, many were quick to embrace his stories of horror because it was a golden gotcha for the anti-war crowd.
They believed it to be true because they wanted it to be true.
Why don’t I believe the puppy video’s authenticity? One, because I’ll give the men and women of our Armed Forces the benefit of the doubt.
Second, because I have a puppy.
Any of you who’ve ever held a puppy or kitten by the scruff of their necks know they just don’t remain motionless. Look at the puppy in the video. It’s hind legs are raised up almost defying gravity, and it’s totally motionless.
As someone who has been in video production for over twenty years, this is not a difficult prank to pull off. There are things called “props”, and sound of a little puppy’s yelping can be edited in as well.
Now let me play Devil’s Advocate for a second. Continued...