Voters in the US Virgin Islands hit the polls on Saturday to nominate an opponent for Barack Obama, and although Texas Congressman Ron Paul garnered more popular votes than any of his rivals, mainstream media outlets were quick to call the contest in favor of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. While more votes were cast for Ron Paul, Romney walked away with the most delegates this weekend. For The Associated Press and others, that was enough to call the contest in favor of the conservative founder of Bain Capital.

Not only does that decision inaccurately represent poll figures from the weekend, but goes against the formula the mainstream media relied on for other caucuses and primaries thus far this election year. Jack Hunter, a blogger for the Ron Paul campaign, writes that the media is “trying to have it both ways.” Although Congressman Paul had failed to achieve the most votes in any other state contest in 2012, he has developed an unorthodox strategy of collecting delegates in districts that have been awarded to his Republican Party rivals in terms of the popular vote. In those instances, the mainstream media has reported the winner in terms of popular votes; in the Virgin Islands, they decided to switch things up.

Although Paul won 29 percent of the popular vote to Romney’s 26 percent, the mainstream media called the contest for Romney, who won seven delegates to the congressman’s one. In the wire report filed by the AP on March 11, the outlet declares Romney the winner while never revealing the tally of popular votes cast.

“The media is reporting that Mitt Romney won the US Virgin Island Caucus when Ron Paul actually won the popular vote,” the Paul campaign explains to supporters in an email over the weekend. “If the popular vote means you’ve won, then Ron Paul just won the US Virgin Island Caucus. If collecting delegates equals victory, then Paul stands to do well there too.”

The Paul campaign has explained in the past that while coming up short time-and-time again in terms of collecting the popular vote in state-wide contests, a strategy the relies on delegates was expected to be key for the congressman’s vie at the GOP bid. “We think that’s the way a party should really pick its nominee,” campaign manager Jesse Benton told the National Review earlier this year. “We think that the activists that are most tuned in to the issues, most engaged in the process should be the ones selecting the nominee.”

Ron Paul wins first caucus; mainstream media calls it for Romney — RT.

The bodies of Afghan civilians allegedly shot by a rogue US soldier are pictured in the back of a van in Alkozai village of Panjwayi district, Kandahar province on March 11, 2012 (AFP Photo / Mamoon Durrani)

The death penalty may await the US staff sergeant who slaughtered 16 civilians - mostly women and children - in Afghanistan. The soldier’s name has yet to be released, but new details have surfaced alleging what may have led to this tragedy.

The man behind the Kandahar massacre is thought to be an 11-year veteran who served three tours in Iraq and was trained as a sniper. The soldier reportedly suffered a traumatic brain injury in a vehicle blast accident while on Iraq duty. It's also reported that he faced marital problems and difficulties with reintegrating into normal life.

But according to medics he had managed 'to overcome the issues'. Instead of invalidating him out of the service – he was allowed to continue and was later deployed to Afghanistan.

Medical experts say the tragedy may have been avoided if US soldiers’ mental health was better monitored and that the man had probably displayed signs of growing tension before the shooting rampage:

“This could have been signaled by erratic and unusual behavior, insomnia, talking nonsensically or incoherently, making threatening statements and using drugs," Dr Jeffrey Lieberman, Director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute told ABC News.

If the suspected mental breakdown is confirmed, the US military may fall under heavy criticism.

While experts agree the current system for detecting mental breakdown in personnel is inadequate, US officials seem to be simply writing-off the tragedy as acceptable collateral damage. US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, for instance, admits that incidents as shocking as the Kandahar massacre may take place in future.

“War is hell,” he said. “This is not the first of those events, and probably won't be the last."

If Panetta is right, and the system does not need to be changed – it is only a matter of time before another tragic loss of innocent life makes the headlines.

via 'War is hell': Brain damaged Iraq vet is Kandahar slayer? — RT.

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Likewise, supporters of Jon Huntsman have owned up to creating a racist, anti-Huntsman ad' meant to smear Ron Paul and his supporters as bigots and hate-mongers. A consulting firm hired by the Paul campaign came to the same conclusion after analyzing the video.