DUmmie FUnnies 03-17-06 (Head DUmmie Skinner Suggests Samarra Assault Propaganda Ploy)

DUmmie FUnnies ^ | March 17, 2006 | DUmmie Skinner, DUmmies, and PJ-Comix

[PJ-Comix]

As soon as I heard about the Operation Swarmer air and ground assault upon Samarra, I KNEW the DUmmies would claim that it is merely a propaganda ploy to divert attention from Bush's (media manipulated) poll ratings. However, despite my expectation of typical DUmmie behavior, I never expected them to be sooooo STUPID as this THREAD, "Does the US Military often do this type of operation in broad daylight?" posted by Head DUmmie Skinner. Yes, STUPIDITY in DUmmieland does pour from the TOP down. Of course, DUmmie Skinner could have spent about half a minute checking the FACTS on this operation in Google but the results would have RUINED his dopey insinuation. So let us now analyze Skinner's stupidity (and the rest of the DUmmies) in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, letting DUmmie Skinner know there is a thing called SEARCH ENGINES to check the FACTS, is in the [brackets]:

Does the US Military often do this type of operation in broad daylight?

[DUhhhhhmmmmmie!!! All you had to do, Skinner, was GOOGLE the FACTS and you would have found THIS. Key sentence for you:

"Iraqi army and police forces, backed by U.S. helicopters launched a pre-dawn offensive against insurgents in the Jallamarea from several directions," a source from Salahudin province told thje Xinhua news agency.

DUhhhhhhmmmmie!!! "Pre-dawn" means BEFORE the sun rises. DUhhhhhhmmmmie!!!]

EarlG and I are sitting here in the office watching these pictures on CNN and we both commented on the fact that it looks like a beautiful day in Iraq which makes for really great pictures.

[Since Operation Swarmer is to take SEVERAL days, you will (SURPRISE! SURPRISE!) also see photos of daytime shots of the assault. Now if you are a news organization and have to choose between nighttime photos where you see almost nothing or daytime shots where things are seen clearly, which photos do you suppose they will use? DUhhhhhmmie!!!]

Neither of us knows anything about military tactics, or typical procedures for the US military. We were hoping there might be some veterans here or other military experts who could tell us if this is typical. We were kind of under the impression that major military operations usually took place at night. Do we have any experts here who can give us some idea of how common it is for these things to occur in broad daylight?

[Neither of you are not only know NOTHING about military tactics but you both flat out just plain know NOTHING. See, DUmmie Skinner, when a military operation is launched PRE-DAWN and is scheduled to last several days, the sun will actually RISE in the middle of such an operation thus yielding the broad daylight photos you saw. DUhhhhhhmmie!!!]

Bingo! Propaganda Assault !!! Just what I was thinking ... New Video ...... Dept. of Defense .... running on CNN all day.

[An UnterDUmmie chimes in with equal stupidity.]

Very astute observation on your part. It would seem that these operations would take place under the cover of night instead of the broad daylight where they could be shot down... I am not military, just an observation....

[Operation Swarmer was launched PRE-DAWN. DUmmie Skinner wasn't astute enough to figure out that the sun RISES in the morning. DUhhhhhhmmie!!!]

Skinner that's exactly what it is.... It's all about the propaganda photos....

[DUhhhhhhhmmie!!!]

Propaganda to ease sagging enlistments? Hey kids, things around the 'hood getting boring? Look at all the fun YOU could be having in the Army or Marines!

[How about easing the pressure on DUmmie Skinner's brain?]

I'd say * prefers to see the blood bath in broad daylight.

[DUmmie Skinner's brain has been hiding in the darkness.]

I think there's a real downside to this mechanized slaughter, both home and abroad. It energizes the anti-Bush folks here. It doesn't help our international image. It underscores that the whole "democracy" PR campaign in Iraq is a charade. Looks to me like Bush is killing the patient in order to save it.

[Actually, Skinner's dopey post highlighted the STUPIDITY of the DUmmies and their leftist cohorts. DUhhhhhhhmmie!!!]

Most operations are carried out at night. Most are done in the early morning when the sentries or guards are going to be the most tired. Also darkness masks your movements. Other then the propaganda value they may be conducting daytime operations due to the urban setting that the troops are operating in. Stealth and darkness is a soldiers friend.

[What part of "PRE-DAWN" don't you understand, DUhhhhhmmie?]

What did they name this one? Shock and AwShucks?

[DUhhhhmb and DUhhhhmber.]

The video I saw had troops being dropped in the middle of nowhere.

[aka the middle of Skinner's skull.]

It's OPERATION HEY LOOK OVER THERE!! With color daylight video to accompany all that useful former general propaganda slathering over the TV news. Let's go back to real journalists giving us stories from the front lines with accompanying video.

[Find the CNN Operation Tailwind crew!]

I'm an idiot. It never even occured to me.

[It definitely OCCURRED to me that you're an idiot, my spelling-challenged little DUmmie.]

[kevkrom]

We were kind of under the impression that major military operations usually took place at night. Do we have any experts here who can give us some idea of how common it is for these things to occur in broad daylight?

I'm no expert, but even I know that surprise operations usually start just before dawn, when people on guard are most tired and have the hardest time paying attention.

[kevkrom]

It would seem that these operations would take place under the cover of night instead of the broad daylight where they could be shot down...

Yeah, because multi-day operations are always done in the cover of total darkness...

I am not military

No s***, Sherlock.

[kevkrom]

It energizes the anti-Bush folks here.

Much like a duck-and-run "censure" reolution by Fiengold does. If the anti-Bush folks get any more "energized", some of them might get off the couch long enough to dust off the crumbs.

[MamaB]

Why? Iraqi soldiers outnumbered ours if I remember what they said last night.

[beezdotcom]

You should have heard BBC World News this morning - our local public radio carries them. (Yeah, I know, serves me right for listening.) They were interviewing some US colonel, and after every question he answered, they basically called him a shill for the propaganda machine.

Why does the lib media even bother getting real people to interview? Why don't they just computer-generate some voice that will say exactly what they want - it would cut down on their costs.

[kevkrom]

I'm an idiot.

Hey! A DUmmie I agree with!

[darkwing104]

Good analysis of DUmmy analysis...Hence the term "Stuck on Stupid" defiantly applies to them.

[Fintan]

I'm an idiot. It never even occured to me.

 

[Talking_Mouse]

Neither of us knows anything about military tactics, or typical procedures for the US military. We were hoping there might be some veterans here or other military experts who could tell us if this is typical.

You know, Skinner and company, if you at the DU had not tombstoned Sad Little Pony, your own Iraqi war veteran, for the horrid sin of not saying the war was a disaster, you might have someone who could give you some insight on military tactics. However, the purity of the knowledge that the troops are all dishearten, the Iraqi civilians hate us, and we are being badly beaten must never be interrupted by facts.

I say again, thank you Sad Little Pony for your service and you are welcome here on the Free Republic any time you may wish to join us.

[imskylark]

"P.J., I know the article you cited said pre-dawn and these idiots are wondering why it is taking place during the day but if Iraq is anything like Bahrain, daylight begins very early. My son was a toddler then and always woke me up about 5 am because it was daylight and very bright. It stayed daylight until about 9-10pm."


What I was trying to say (very poorly), there is more daylight over there or at least seemed like it to me. You can't get a major operation done in a short time, anyhow. Next time I need to wake up before I post.

My stupid dog kept waking me up last night. Anybody want a weird looking jack russell/blue tick hound mix? ;)

[socialismisinsidious]

I'm just sitting here imagining exactly what the DUmmies would be saying IF this assault had been done "under the cover of night".......shouldn't delve too deeply into the mind of the paranoid.

[beezdotcom]

Enlistments are not sagging for the active duty forces.

That is true. The "gitsum gitsum" factor is running higher than ever. If my wife hadn't expressly forbid such a consideration, I might be tempted to be one of these late-life recruits.

I mean, think about it. Everyone has different motivations for joining the military - but if your motivation is to "make a difference", it's easier to see a direct path to making a difference when times are "interesting", rather than when times are sleepy. Reserves recruitment suffers because a small (but not insignificant) percentage of those potential recruits are used to seeing it as "safe" duty, where they get to play soldier on the weekends, make a buck, and generally stay out of harm's way. (This is in NO way intended to besmirch the majority who DO serve in the Reserves with the noblest of intentions - but simply to acknowledge that a broader spectrum of people consider the Reserves than consider full-time service.)

[Amityschild]

Hello one and all!!!! In before fifty..update to those who asked...I have not found a job BUT I am moving to Las Vegas and there are lots of jobs there, and my boyfriend that sweetens the pot so much more!!!

Now to read...

[PJ-Comix]

I have not found a job BUT I am moving to Las Vegas and...

Psst! Las Vegas has an EXCELLENT outdoor flea market. A friend of mine lived there several years and made a living from just stuff he sold at that flea market.

[NRA1995]

Neither of us knows anything about military tactics, or typical procedures for the US military.

Or much of anything else, for that matter....

[imskylark]

"I might be tempted to be one of these late-life recruits."

My husband retired right before the war started. Sometimes he really wants to return. Sometimes I even want to return. I spent 7 years in the Navy.

[imskylark]

"I might be tempted to be one of these late-life recruits."

My husband retired right before the war started. Sometimes he really wants to return. Sometimes I even want to return. I spent 7 years in the Navy.

[Horatio Gates]

Neither of us knows anything about military tactics, or typical procedures for the US military. We were hoping there might be some veterans here or other military experts who could tell us if this is typical.

I imagine the vets at DU are the ones holding a lifelong grudge against the military for getting less tham honorable discharges for several field grade Article 15's due to multiple UA's coming up hot for crack

[epow]

But some giant operation like this still doesn't look good almost 3 years after the war started.

This operation involved about 1500 troops of both the US and Iraqi armed forces. Not exactly a "giant operation" by any standard.

[varyouga]

LOL. DUmmie rocket scientists are funny.

Thanks for the treat!