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2004-09-19 Iraq-Jordan

Iraqi Insurgency led by Zarqawi, but splits beginning to show

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-09-19 3:12:44 PM|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Oh baby!

"sinewy"
"swirling about the car like angry floodwaters"
"brandished"
"nudging"
"latest catch"
"curbside debate flared"
"black flags flutter"
"no-go zone"

Pappy's gonna come unglued over this laughable bit of puffery! The romanticism employed by the MSM is truly infantile. Time. Pfeh.

Posted by .com 2004-09-19 3:42:47 PM|| 2004-09-19 3:42:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 .com: The romanticism employed by the MSM is truly infantile. Time. Pfeh.

3 a day - and they control the streets? This is like saying criminals are running wild in NYC - without increasing the crime rate.

Time: They brandished grenades and AK-47s, pistol grips nudging out from under the folds of their shirts.

I guess in the time lexicon, this makes them "heavily armed". The reality is that just about every family in Iraq has an AK-47, grenades, pistols and plenty of ammo. This guy is trying to imply that the guerrillas' easy access to weaponry is proof that the American effort is failing. But the reality is that most families in Iraq have significant protection.

Having to melt back into the population is a weakness, not a strength. If the guerrillas were in charge, they wouldn't have to melt back into the population. In American cities, when the police are away, the gangsters come out and play. Doesn't mean that gangsters run American cities, or that the city streets are no-go zones. It simply means that it's not economical to hire millions of security men to be permanently stationed on every square foot of the country. If these are no-go zones, why do they scatter when US troops show up? Shouldn't they make mincemeat of US forces? This is why these "news" reports tick me off - the "journalists" are peddling their panic-stricken reaction to almost being kidnapped as the situation in Iraq.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-09-19 4:01:04 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-09-19 4:01:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 ZF - I wonder if his Iraqi camerman snapped his wet pants and is holding out for being treated like a human...

Posted by .com 2004-09-19 4:05:10 PM|| 2004-09-19 4:05:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 .com: ZF - I wonder if his Iraqi camerman snapped his wet pants and is holding out for being treated like a human...

The problem with articles like this is that the journos who write them think they're recreating "The Heart of Darkness". To them, it's all about their emotions rather than what's actually happening. It would be nice to get some articles that actually report the news rather than the journos' instinct to curl up into a fetal position.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-09-19 4:35:17 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-09-19 4:35:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 ZF - Spot-on, bro. I fully expect someone to break out with a smarmy rendition of Feelings about now, heh.

Posted by .com 2004-09-19 4:44:08 PM|| 2004-09-19 4:44:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 .com: I fully expect someone to break out with a smarmy rendition of Feelings about now, heh.

Why the heck not. Here's a satirical rendition:

Feelings
Nothing more then feelings
Trying to forget my
Feelings of hate

Imagine
Beating on your face
Trying to forget my
Feelings of hate

Feelings
For all my life i'll feel it
I wish I'd never met you
You'll make me sick again
Feelings
Woh-oh-oh feelings
Woh-oh-oh feelings
Of hate on my mind

Feelings
Feelings like I never liked you
Feelings like I want to kill you
Live in my heart

Feelings
Feelings like I wanna deck you
Feelings like I've gotta get you
Out of my life

Feelings
Woh-oh-oh feelings
Woh-oh-oh feelings
Hate's in my eyes
Feelings
Woh-oh-oh feelings
Woh-oh-oh feelings
You're not very nice

GO!

[solo]

Feelings
Woh-oh-oh feelings
Woh-oh-oh feelings
Hate's on my mind

Feelings
Woh-oh-oh feelings
Woh-oh-oh feelings
Get out of my life (x2)
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Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-09-19 7:40:54 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-09-19 7:40:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Whoa, lol! Wow - a Grade-A smackdown... Lol!

Posted by .com 2004-09-19 7:46:36 PM|| 2004-09-19 7:46:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 The romanticism employed by the MSM is truly infantile. Time. Pfeh.

Great Sufferin' G-d. Mr. Ware must've been a theater (or worse, film) critic before he got this assignment...

Posted by Pappy 2004-09-19 9:18:09 PM|| 2004-09-19 9:18:09 PM|| Front Page Top

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