Re: A Hero for Our Times

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> > "Robert McClelland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > > In case you missed it Robert, Littwin was NOT one of the reporters
who
> > > > accompanied Bush on his trip to Baghdad.  IOW, you're making stuff
up,
> > as
> > > > usual.  One day perhaps you'll figure out, that you're not even a
good
> > > liar.
> > >
> > >
> > > Oops. You're right. This wasn't about the trip to Baghdad. However, it
> > does
> > > show that my claim that the reporters accompanying Bush on that trip
> were
> > > forbidden to talk to the troops has merit, since the ones at this
event
> > were
> > > forbidden from talking to the troops. I could add in that I originally
> saw
> > > one of the reporters on the Baghdad trip on tv and he said they
weren't
> > > allowed to talk to the troops, but that would make me look like a
> Haddad.
> >
> > "Pvt. Stephen Henderson, 19, of Inglewood, Calif., an infantryman, said
he
> > expects to be in Iraq five or six more months and said Bush's appearance
> was
> > such a boost that "I almost forgot I was even here."
> >
> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17521-2003Nov27.html
> >
> > Mike Allen *was* on the Baghdad trip as the pool reporter for
newspapers.
>
>
> You missed this at the end of the article.
>
> "Correspondent Rajiv Chandrasekaran in Baghdad and staff writer Vernon
Loeb
> in Washington contributed to this report. Wright reported from
Washington."
>
> Your one little quote is not proof that the reporters travelling with the
> president were allowed to interview the troops. This quote could have, and
> most likely did, come from the press that were already in Iraq after the
> president had left.
>
> My point still stands.

You're not very good at this, are you.

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HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN: DETAILED REPORT OF BUSH'S SECRET TRIP

Trip of the President to Baghdad
Pool Reporter Mike Allen's [WASH POST] Private Notes
Nov. 26 and 27 (Thanksgiving Day), 2003

. . . Following are quotes from three random soldiers:

Private Stephen Henderson, 19, of Inglewood, Calif., an Army infantryman,
part of 1st Armored Division, 1st Brigade, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry (136
Spartans), Task Force 137 ? has been in Iraq 1.5 week and expects to be here
five or six more month.

"I've never been so surprised. I had no idea ? not a clue. I feel uplifted.
I almost forgot I was even here."

Xxx

PFC Mark Hansen, 29, of Hillsborough, N.J., an Army field artillery surveyor
(sorry no unit ?my bad), re the President, "I never thought he would be
here. I'm proud to have him as the commander-in-chief. You can't beat it."
Re Iraq: "It's frightening. Once you here the first shot, your adrenaline is
pumping and you're in the game."

Xxx

Staff Sgt. Gerrie (cq) Stokes Holloman, 34, of Baltimore, who is stationed
in Wiesbaden, Germany, with the 1st Armored Division, 141 Signal Battalion,
a multichannel communications specialist?her sons, Andrew, 10, and Marcus,
6, and husband Michael Holloman are back in Germany. She left them 45 days
ago and expects to be here until April. "I think it's great. It shows that
he cares about us and is thinking about us. It's not easy being here. Every
day you're over here, you feel depressed anyway. But it's especially hard on
a holiday and this is the kickoff of the holidays. For the most part people
are tired, and want to go home. But the support and encouragement we get
from our leadership builds a bond with our soldiers."

http://www.drudgereport.com/flashbb.htm

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