Bizarre story

[Chris Kennedy]

http://deepbluehorizon.blogspot.com/2013/01/secret-grukremlin-reports-says-hillary.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FtRdoI+%28Black+Horizon%29

This blog come up with some weird stuff sometimes.

[Dave S.]

I don't think it's just this blog.  I did a quick search on Google, and there are a number of places reporting the same thing.  I didn't spend too much time looking at their sources (had some paint I needed to watch dry), so they may all be sourcing from the same person.

[Jeff D. Welker]

From an operational standpoint, this makes absolutely no sense, and is completely flawed and bogus. Honestly, everything. From the ATC perspective only, this guy has absolutely no idea what he is talking about.

"Blogs" should be found under the Fiction and Fantasy section of the internets. Bloggers should have their own special section, and "Conspiracy theorists" should be at internet equivalent of "Yearbook Club".  

Bo; Why don't you educate me and other members of the group and explain why ("from an operational standpoint") "this makes no sense, and is completely flawed and bogus"? From an "ATC perspective", why do you conclude that "this guy has absolutely no idea what he is talking about"? Not all of us have the vast military experience that you do and may not understand your statements of fact.

Regarding "blogs", AzAP has a "blog". I have many family and friends that have wonderful blogs which are very informative, educational, and entertaining. What special section should they have for their blogs?

[Joe Copalman]

I think regardless of the operational details or procedural stuff (keep in mind that the original report this supposedly stems from comes from the Russian intelligence service, and that some of the details may have been poorly translated, and by people without the specific knowledge to get the minutiae correct in their own langauge, let alone a foreign one), the fact that this story has been largely limited to conspiracy-theory-oriented blogs for almost a week now and has not shown up among the major wire services or news stations says everything it needs to about its veracity. 

That's not to say that all blogs are rubbish, but rather that the ones who cling to and perpetuate conspiracy theories are typically pretty terrible and unreliable.  There are quite a few mil-bloggers out there who are competent and get it right most of the time.