So, Einstein, other than complete surrender what brilliant plan have the Democrats come up with?
But a reporter feeds questions to one of the guys, and that's ok?
I don't know. Each soldier was chosen to talk about their certain expertise of duty. Because of the sat. delay it has to be worked out ahead of time to look right on TV. Everytime the Prez or one of the Soldiers made an off-hand remark it was awkward due to over-talking. They were publicising the Iraqi referendum on their new Constitution. It's a cynch that the media won't talk about it so we have to do it ourselves. We are not Hollywood types with stage presence and I'm glad.
This reminds me of the stupid Bush had a small box - a wire - hidden under his jacket so that he could be coached during the debates thing. The Democrats and their media lapdogs are so stupid that it hurts.
Why did they let anybody see this? You know damn well that no matter what Bush says or does, he's going to be crucified. But why give them the nails?
Oh - this will FOR SURE be the end of Bush!! How lame can ya get? He's a politician, for cryin' out loud! All politicians do this!
At one point, she said, Mr Bush would ask them specifically, "In the last 10 months, what kind of progress have we seen?" before asking who was prepared to answer the question. "Master Sgt Lombardo," one of the soldiers replied.
The President wanted to ask questions, and receive information.
The question phrased differently:
" The President wants information from you guys and gals on the job; on the ground. He's going to ask you folks about the following subjects.... Anyone here feel that they are well versed enough to answer?"
Nothing wrong with that.
This wasn't supposed to be a debate with the left, I assume.
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And one more thing. Even if this was not staged, it is still propaganda. Propaganda has negative connotations, but the media is a place where warfare is being conducted. The letter recently from the terrorists in Iraq highlights well the fact that they understand it all too well. We ignore this facet of warfare at our own peril.
We could be more skillful at it, and should be. But we cannot and should not ignore it, neglect it or view it as beneath us. Propaganda is practiced in many ways, and not all of them have to be wrong or misleading. Propaganda can be as straightforward as doing good things for the native population, highlighting it and making sure it gets lots of publicity.
There is a fundamental problem in trying to get the word from the troops on live TV. First, "the troops" are individuals and don't all think alike in the first place.Second, military personnel are not supposed to engage in politics as military personnel. You do not, after all, want your son in the military to have to go on TV and tell president clinton what his political opinion is. And you don't want president clinton ordering the troops to contribute to political campaigns or to go door to door canvasing for the Democratic Party.