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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Has SOFREP Finally Dug Its Own Grave? |
| 2018-03-09 |
| [Medium] Brandon Webb and Jack Murphy’s media giant may have just crossed the line for the last time. The footage from the camera on the American soldier’s helmet is unsteady. It takes a moment for the viewer to realize that the camera is moving because the man wearing it is heaving for breath. His enemy paces menacingly across the camera’s field of vision, moves closer, and delivers an unmistakable shot. The camera is instantly rendered motionless. Blood pools silently on the ground. I wish I had never seen it. Not because I am afraid to witness the horrors of combat; not because I now feel the need to scrub the images from my memory (I don’t). No, I’m horrified because it was none of my business. Those moments captured on film were between that soldier and his God. He did not consent for that film to be made or released, nor did he consent for me to view it. I do not know his wife, or his children, or his mother and father. I am sorry that I violated the sacredness of his final moments by viewing something that was not mine to see. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |