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2007-08-23 Iraq

Brave Lions of Islam kidnap 15 women and children in Iraq

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Posted by BA 2007-08-23 07:53|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 There is another comparison with Vietnam and that is the use of stringers by reporters. Halberstam, Sheehan and the boys used an NVA propagandist as their source just like our AP, Rooters and the BBC use propagandist today to make the "news" comply with the agenda of the Cronkites and Brokaws.

Posted by Heriberto Ulusomble6667 2007-08-23 11:26|| 2007-08-23 11:26|| Front Page Top

#2 I would have thought that Bush's Vietnam reference would have been to highlight that what happened in Vietnam will occur in Iraq if we pull out and leave the Iraqis to unnecessary slaughter.

Second, in the fact that this article is outright propaganda, it is instructive in showing exactly what the new Democratic strategy will be, and here it is right here:

The attack came despite a U.S. offensive in Diyala targeting al Qaeda. U.S. troops launched an operation in June to oust fighters who had taken over large parts of the provincial capital, Baquba. Many escaped to fight on.

While the above statement is true - I suspect the focus until the election will be the futility of fighting because the Iraqis will never be able to form a functioning government. You have lost the war, go home.

The Democrats are busy right now sending out flyers to their constituents on how they SUPPORT THE SURGE! With no mention of how they wanted to withdraw or don't support the war. That's why they are suddenly on board. There is an election coming up and they support the surge - until they are elected of course- then once elected, they will have four years to undermine the war effort. Gotta get elected and those pesky Americans are sick of politicians who undermined the troops.

Posted by Unutle McGurque8861 2007-08-23 15:35|| 2007-08-23 15:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Bush's reference to Vietnam was exactly about the consequences (deaths, deaths and more deaths) of our precipitous withdrawal from the region. Of course the assholes who write this article won't mention that. Fucking traitors.

Posted by remoteman 2007-08-23 15:52|| 2007-08-23 15:52|| Front Page Top

#4 He (W) spent as much time talking about Japan, Germany and South Korea as he did Vietnam. But the MSM are fixated (like their party machine the Dems) on Vietnam. They successfully led to our retreat there and this is their territory of delight not W's. He has done a Clinton and coop their issue and argument by giving the horrific not the defeat.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-08-23 16:45|| 2007-08-23 16:45|| Front Page Top

#5 It doesn't matter what the Bush admin says or does. If he said, "It is a beautiful day.", they would spin him as being oblivious to global warming and write an article on how he and Cheney are responsible for the melting ice caps.

The MSM is a function of the last century and it seems to me that they are doing all that they can to hasten their demise by making the American people despise them more and more every day.

Take this article for example. Is it me, or does it seem to others that around the same time the Democrats were forced to acknowledge that the surge was working, that the intensity of the terrorist atrocities in Iraq increased as well.

Suddenly we get stories about 5 year olds lit on fire, and other vicious crimes against women and children. It is difficult to know if the MSM has decided to shift their focus to these crimes or if to get more attention, of if AQ Inc. has actually made a decision to attack children to stay in the headlines. Lord knows the MSM was never around to report the rapes and mass atrocities during Sadaam's, or any other despot's reign.

But this is exactly what makes me despise the media. The terrorists know they will do their bidding. And when the MSM stops doing their bidding and stops writing about the day to day bombings in Iraq, the terrorists simply commit such horrific crimes that the MSM once again complies. If the staff at Reuters and other media outlets had any soul - they would realize that it is they, the men and women in the mirror who are encouraging these attacks against women and children by providing the fire that fuels the only tool the terrorists have in their hope of winning the war - negative publicity.

Posted by Unutle McGurque8861 2007-08-23 18:02|| 2007-08-23 18:02|| Front Page Top

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