A critical step in Journalism...
...is making sure you can back up your claims and assertions with proof.
Granted, being military sources, releasing the names and information of contacts would be detrimental, of course. However, unless Hal has contacts within the Israeli military, he could cite at least the webpage he's gotten his information from. What's that you say? The information was taken from a newspaper?
That's right. That paper was the Sunday Times, and the information was given last week. How funny that Hal should release information on his site today.
Link contains full story, not just the segmented version given on Hal's site, and was the first result of a Google search. While it does seem possible that the strikes will occur, it will only be after the U.S. has washed its hands of the ordeal, leaving Israel to defend itself as it chooses. With Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad advocating the destruction of Israel--not exactly a relatively new development--and the U.S. acting as a diplomatic buffer, of sorts, Israel finds itself on the brink; they literally straddle the edge of war.
But wait. The same idea was reported almost two years ago by the Sunday Times. So either the Times has a bad memory, Israel's getting their shit together after nigh-two years' worth of UN deadlock, or Hal doesn't understand the concept of "breaking news."
Granted, being military sources, releasing the names and information of contacts would be detrimental, of course. However, unless Hal has contacts within the Israeli military, he could cite at least the webpage he's gotten his information from. What's that you say? The information was taken from a newspaper?
That's right. That paper was the Sunday Times, and the information was given last week. How funny that Hal should release information on his site today.
Link contains full story, not just the segmented version given on Hal's site, and was the first result of a Google search. While it does seem possible that the strikes will occur, it will only be after the U.S. has washed its hands of the ordeal, leaving Israel to defend itself as it chooses. With Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad advocating the destruction of Israel--not exactly a relatively new development--and the U.S. acting as a diplomatic buffer, of sorts, Israel finds itself on the brink; they literally straddle the edge of war.
But wait. The same idea was reported almost two years ago by the Sunday Times. So either the Times has a bad memory, Israel's getting their shit together after nigh-two years' worth of UN deadlock, or Hal doesn't understand the concept of "breaking news."
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