Thanks, Meekie!
The lies Democrats tell about Iraq need to be exposed again... For Those Who Came In Late.
A few of the biggest lies, with source links.
Duane Speight - Prosperity, S.C.
Opinion Journal.com, July 26, 2003
Reader Responses re. "British Broadcasting Calamity"
On the River Platte, Dec. 17, 1939, the crew of the German "pocket battleship" Admiral Graf Spee blew it up. This was a very painful loss for Hitler so early in the war with Britain. The Graf Spee was moderately damaged in a battle with the Royal Navy so it docked in the nearby neutral port of Montevideo, Uruguay, for repairs. The Royal Navy ships, much more damaged and still outgunned and outclassed by the powerful German warship, kept watch at sea, desperately praying for reinforcements to arrive before the Spee re-emerged.
Not wanting to provoke the British, the Uruguayan government gave the Spee's commander, Capt. Hans Langsdorff, 72 hours (the minimum permitted by international law) to effect repairs and then he must leave Montevideo.
Unable to fully repair his ship by this deadline, Capt. Langsdorff had to chose between fighting his way out into the open sea without being fully seaworthy or scuttling the Spee to keep her, and her advanced naval technologies, from falling into enemy hands. Lucky for the Spee, the enemy naval force waiting for her was still no match for the Spee's 11-inch guns (though reinforcements were rapidly approaching). Unlucky for Capt. Langsdorff however, the BBC chose, at that particular moment in history, to purposely lie it's bloomin' 'ead off. Reports from the internationally esteemed, respected and trusted British Broadcasting Corp. stated that a humongous armada of Royal Navy battlewagons were already lying in wait with bloodthirsty anticipation of some Graf Spee seafood. This "news," along with other misinformation from various covert enemy sources, convinced Capt. Hans to blow up the Admiral Graff Spee.
So in 1939, the BBC betrayed the people's trust and sullied the noble ideal of objective journalism in order to further a political agenda.
But what the hell, isn't it better to abandon veracity and professionalism in order to bring down an Adolf Hitler than a Tony Blair or George W. Bush?
Oh wait, I forgot, to the left they are all three the same!
Never mind.
Not wanting to provoke the British, the Uruguayan government gave the Spee's commander, Capt. Hans Langsdorff, 72 hours (the minimum permitted by international law) to effect repairs and then he must leave Montevideo.
Unable to fully repair his ship by this deadline, Capt. Langsdorff had to chose between fighting his way out into the open sea without being fully seaworthy or scuttling the Spee to keep her, and her advanced naval technologies, from falling into enemy hands. Lucky for the Spee, the enemy naval force waiting for her was still no match for the Spee's 11-inch guns (though reinforcements were rapidly approaching). Unlucky for Capt. Langsdorff however, the BBC chose, at that particular moment in history, to purposely lie it's bloomin' 'ead off. Reports from the internationally esteemed, respected and trusted British Broadcasting Corp. stated that a humongous armada of Royal Navy battlewagons were already lying in wait with bloodthirsty anticipation of some Graf Spee seafood. This "news," along with other misinformation from various covert enemy sources, convinced Capt. Hans to blow up the Admiral Graff Spee.
So in 1939, the BBC betrayed the people's trust and sullied the noble ideal of objective journalism in order to further a political agenda.
But what the hell, isn't it better to abandon veracity and professionalism in order to bring down an Adolf Hitler than a Tony Blair or George W. Bush?
Oh wait, I forgot, to the left they are all three the same!
Never mind.
