COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY MARKO MARJANOVIC IN CHECKPOINT ASIA
“The Truth About the Iconic Tiananmen ‘Tank Man’ Photo
“It was taken more than a day after the protest had ended”
The "tank man" video has always been something
other than what our press said it was.
Not only did the tank repeatedly avoid him, it is not clear
at all what his purpose was, beyond media melodrama images.
Now, it turns out that the video was taken the day after
events and that the tanks were in fact leaving the Square.
So, what was this man doing?
In the video, the lead tank works to avoid the man (a
student?) who has impetuously jumped in front of it, clearly and despite the
man’s repeated movements back and forth to remain in the tank's way.
I could never see a threat there at all, just a showboat
protester and a careful tank commander.
Now, compare the FBI's use of heavy Abrams tanks at Waco,
Texas.
They ended by incinerating about 80 souls, including women
and children, sheltering in a flimsy compound.
The people in the cult at Waco were indeed unpleasant kooks,
but they hardly deserved to die like that.
