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Originally Posted by miladiou
not very constructive, but i need to say it
Lothar you are such an #@$$#@#
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Sorry if I struck a nerve, but it is true. The neo-liberals have complete turned their back on some fundamental liberal ideals. Like freedom, democracy, human rights and using power to help the little guy get justice.
I guess I am a through back to the Democrats like Kennedy and Roosevelt, guys who believed in a robust foreign policy and were willing to stand up for the fundamental principals of this nation. It would be nice to see a Democrat with balls again. Hell we might be able to win an election once that happens.
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Originally Posted by bellevegasj
Every bit of news you receive from our government is slanted and has been censored. I personally know 2 guys in the AirForce that worked on that team. They said that it jaded every bit of information they ever saw after that. They're probably just traitor flip-floppers though, right?
Yes, other countries do it too and yes, Al J does it as well. Why would you think your government doesn't? You can't be that naive.
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I know a guy who has a friend, whose sister’s boyfriends, cousin is an Airman who cleans the toilets on a base where they have a public affairs officer...Sorry, but no...That gives you no credibility. On the other hand, I have real credibility.
The only thing that ever is censored is footage or information, which could be tactically or operationally useful AT THE TIME. A Marine shooting an apparently injured and unarmed man still made the news, there was no attempt to cover that up or censor it. If there were anything, you would not want public to see it would be that incident. There is a free press in this country and believe me the press knows it is a Constitutional right.
You are only naive if you think the press is interested in the truth and "the man" is trying to suppress the truth. I remember listing to the news on shortwave during the first weeks of the war when the news was reporting on how we were bogged down, in a quagmire etc...When in truth we where killing bad guys and moving on to the next objective so fast that we had to finally slow down so our logistics could catch up. My team chief was wondering what war they were reporting on. The news just wants you to tune in, buy the newspaper or click on their website and they need to say something dramatic to do it. I would challenge you to look at the reports that came out during the first three weeks of the war and compare that with what you know now. I think you will find that the two are very different. You should also consider that no reporters are complaing about cenorship.