Posted on 12/10/2004 6:28:57 AM PST by xgrrrl
Lee Pitts, an embed reporter of the Chattanooga Times traveling with a National Guard unit, prodded one of its soldiers to ask Rumsfeld about why military units in Iraq are lacking proper armor for many vehicles.
Tony is also talking to Lieutenant Bryan Suits, who hosts a radio show in Seattle, Washington on KVI, but is serving in Iraq now. Suits recently experienced an IED attack...
Listen to the inside story - You can hear Tony Snow's radio show audio streaming online at www.tonysnow.com.
NPR had an erection over that story this morning.
Well, not that the kid was coached- little mention of that- but that the whole town of Nashville thinks this kid is the gretest thing since shirt buttons for asking a question.
I don't impugn the soldier or Rummy. We live in an open and free society, which was amply demonstrated by the soldier's question. The MSM and liberal idiots will use the question to justify their anti American jihad...so be it. we can see through them.
excellent first post.....
I am not surprised the MSM is still up to it's old tricks....
welcome to FR
What part of this story is "breaking" that didn't break yesterday?
The Truth, Questions, and War
It will take a while for the soldier (and others) to realize that the old Media used him as a pawn. I'm sure he's enjoying his 15 minutes of fame for the time being. Let him be.
In a free society, we can't be afraid of questions. We have to face the truth, whatever that is.
On the other hand, in a free society, at time of War, the truth sometimes must be suppressed for the safety and success of our troops and war effort.
Snow first comes to Free Republic for his ideas. He said so the other day.
What is the Snow man breaking?..... give us a clue/hint/details.....
Good morning, and welcome to Free Republic xgrrrl !
It's clear the soldier was willing to ask the question and also that there were many in the audience sympathetic to his viewpoint.
What bothers me the most about this story is that a so-called journalist "set up" a story that was in sync with his own baises, then reported it as if it just happened extemporaneously.
It's like a journalist setting up someone to set a house on fire so he can stand by and be the first on the scene to report it.
That method of operation stinks.
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Yup. Look at yesterday's NY Times. THe pic of the soldier and one of Rummy are page one, above the fold.
It's just kinda funny that it seems the story is that the kid asked the SecDef a question. Wow, amazing.
...another example of an oxymoron
I miss Snow very much on Fox News Sunday. He has the perfect personality for TV.
Not surprising...the paper he works for is owned by the NYT
One soldier, goaded by a reporter with an ulterior motive, asked the question, but to hear the MSM, there was a near mutiny, as dozens - no, hundreds or even thousands - of soldiers "peppered" Rummy with demands for vehicle armor.
I heard on the radio last night that the “audience reaction” was dubbed in later. In the real conference one or two other soldier clapped, but that was all.
This story is beginning to smell more with each passing day.
You know when I first heard that he was applauded by soldiers, it was back in his barracks. Then when I watched last night, still no clapping after the question. When exactly was the clapping to have taken place?
If the moron soldier asking the question has such antipathy towards the military that this reporter has, then he needs to get out and not stand as a military man to impugn the SecOfDef.
(AP Video)
U.S. Troops Question Rumsfeld on Iraq
SGT Missick ..From someone who was thereI must say that the mood in the hangar was much more of goodwill, with soldiers packing around the Secretary as if he was a movie star to shake his hand or get a picture at the end. There was a great deal of frustration in the voice of the soldier who asked questions regarding vehicles being up-armored, and the hangar did erupt in applause after he spoke, but I wouldn’t translate one very tough question into a grill session by American forces.
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