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2006-05-06 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Grunter 2006-05-06 15:26|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Read this yesterday, NY Slimes provides more cover for Zarq

Posted by Captain America 2006-05-06 18:13|| 2006-05-06 18:13|| Front Page Top

#2 The New York Times is obviously mining military news releases for negative stories about the military, choosing to use its news pages as a vast anti-American editorial section. It would be nice if they would mine jihadi news releases for negative news about the terrorists. Such as the lies the terrorists periodically release from time to time about their casualties and coalition casualties, and about dead terrorists that the jihadis claim to be civilians. But that will never happen, of course, since the Times's mission is to slam Uncle Sam, not highlight the things that would make America's enemies look bad.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-05-06 18:27|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-05-06 18:27|| Front Page Top

#3 note any military names? Unnamed sources can say anything you want...might as well have sock puppets (no offense, SPoD) doing marrionette interviews. Just as credible. NY Times sucks a$$

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-05-06 20:06|| 2006-05-06 20:06|| Front Page Top

#4 "And the NYT was able to interview hundreds or even thousands of unnamed senior officers who all agreed that we are losing the war in Iraq, and that they are all republican conservatives who are going to vote for Hillary because Bush is a poopy-pants."

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-05-06 20:19|| 2006-05-06 20:19|| Front Page Top

#5 "The weapon in question [M-249 squad automatic weapon] is complicated to master, and American soldiers and marines undergo many days of training to achieve the most basic competence with it."

Oh, bullshit. My kid used one in the Guard. The only part of using it that requires more than a few minutes of practice is breaking the damn thing down, cleaning it and re-assembling it.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-05-06 20:27|| 2006-05-06 20:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Yah, Dave, but knowing you, he probably learned a lot about machine guns, autocannons, and mortars just growing up around the house.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2006-05-06 20:48|| 2006-05-06 20:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Not that there's anything _wrong_ with that.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2006-05-06 20:49|| 2006-05-06 20:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Heh.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-05-06 21:21|| 2006-05-06 21:21|| Front Page Top

#9 I concur Dave. The worst thing about the saw (besides cleaning it's number of parts) is remembering to pull the charging handle to the rear w/your palm up to the sky. I cut the heck out of the palm of my hand as a boot not heeding that.

These "colonels" or whoever should've taken the opportunity to shut the fuck up on this one. Also - how did they get telephone interviews w/our guys in Iraq? Anyways, this is a big propoganda piece for us to show this douche bag as a fuck up - we need to run w/it. BTW - he does look as stupid as we think he does. Fuck the 'times - pussies.

Posted by Broadhead6 2006-05-06 21:46|| 2006-05-06 21:46|| Front Page Top

#10 "Also - how did they get telephone interviews w/our guys in Iraq?"

All I can think of is they've probably been carefully rooting around for malcontents over there and cultivating what few they can find to serve as "sources" whenever they need quotes to justify their negative spin.

Take care over there, BH6.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-05-06 22:36|| 2006-05-06 22:36|| Front Page Top

#11 Now if only Parker & Stone where in charge of the propaganda effort...

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2006-05-06 22:40|| 2006-05-06 22:40|| Front Page Top

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