The Little Italian Communist Is A Proven Liar

OK, I was up early this morning, having a pretty good day, then Atlanta radio talk show Neil Boortz’s web site pointed out this story to me.

Now my head is spinning around…again.

It seems that the report from joint investigation into the shooting of the little Italian communist reporter Giuliana Sgrena was released on Wednesday:

“U.S. military officials told NBC News that a joint American-Italian investigation found the soldiers acted properly in firing on a car bearing a just-freed hostage, journalist Giuliana Sgrena, and an intelligence officer, Nicola Calipari.

The car was about 130 yards from a checkpoint when the soldiers flashed their lights to get it to stop. They fired warning shots when the car was within 90 yards of the checkpoint, but at 65 yards, they used deadly force. Calipari was killed and Sgrena wounded.”

As I wrote last month in Are They Just Plain Stupid, I Was Right, They Were Just Stupid, and What Is There To Not Understand, it was fairly obvious that the Italians screwed up and it cost their security agent his life. Better his than that of some 19 year old kid from Kansas.

Then last night, CBS’s 60 Minutes Wednesday, home of the Dan Rather forged document “Memogate” scandal, gave Sgrena a chunk of national airtime to continue telling her lies…

"Sgrena says she was less than a half-mile from the airport, when the shooting began: "Seven hundred meters more, and we are in the airport, and we will be safe and we will be in the airport. And in the same moment, started the shooting...

The Pentagon declined to talk with 60 Minutes Wednesday, but the Army issued this statement on the night of the shooting: “Vehicle traveling at high speed refused to stop at a check point.” [The soldiers] “attempted to warn the driver to stop by hand and arm signals, flashing white lights, and firing warning shots…when the driver didn’t stop the soldiers shot into the engine block which stopped the vehicle.”

"I think that is a lie," says Sgrena.

"Let's take this piece by piece," says Pelley. "Vehicle was speeding."

"No," says Sgrena.

"Attempted to warn the driver by hand signals," says Pelley.

"No," says Sgrena.

"Arm signals. Flashing white lights," says Pelley. "Firing warning shots."

"Nothing at all," says Sgrena.

"What you’re saying in this interview is that none of those things happened?" asks Pelley.

"Nothing. No," says Sgrena. "I'm sure." "

Let me just tilt back my head and offer a great big old international shout of Bullshit to Ms. Sgrena.

I've got to tell you people, if you continue to watch CBS News, other than for the entertainment value of watching a car accident or a train wreck, if you actually believe anything that they say, YOU’RE NUTS.