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jiml <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > basilod wrote: > > > "Harry Grogan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > "basilod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > > > "Lawrence Jenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > "LawsonE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > "Fair & Balanced © Trebor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Who's braver: A woman visiting troops along the dangerous front > lines > > > > > > > in Afghanistan, or the man who secretly bounced in and out of the > > > > > > > Baghdad airport like a lost piece of luggage? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sigh. In a guerilla war, EVERYWHERE is a front line. He took a big > chance > > > > > > doing what he did. PR stunt or not, it was pretty gutsy. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And there's proof that he was actually in Iraq?? Oh yes, I forgot, > it > was > > > > > on tv, therefore it was legit. > > > > > > > > On the other hand, Hillary is meeting with real people and her visit is > well > > > > covered by the media > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3248466.stm > > > > http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-11-28-iraq_x.htm > > > > What a contrast with our brave ruler of the western world! (Not that I > > > > adore Hillary, though) > > > > > > So I guess in a librul's eyes the troops are'nt "real people"? > > > > That is not what I meant. I meant that the limited environment shown in the > > media could have been staged anywhere: in Hollywood, in Florida studios, > > even in Texas. The Air Force One could have flown to Texas, but the > > President could have staged that show from anywhere in the US. I kept > > looking at the faces of the people in military uniforms - they didn't look > > very cheerful. > > Do you actually believe the event was staged? > > Jim Of course it was staged. It may have been in Iraq, but it was definitely staged. That's why the troops had turkey dinner for breakfast. The extras were hand-picked, too. (You don't really believe they'd let the prez mingle among a random selection of troops, do you?)
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