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The Passion of the Toys [More photos from Beirut]
Slublog ^
| August 08, 2006
| Slublog
Posted on 08/08/2006 12:51:07 PM PDT by PajamaTruthMafia
The Passion of the Toys
In Platoon, Oliver Stone said the first casualty of war is innocence.
He was wrong.
As the photos here show, the first casualties of war are...the symbols of innocence. And photographers from Reuters and the AP just happened upon many of these perfectly placed symbols of war's horrors.
Ben Curtis, AP
Sharif Karim, Reuters
Sharif Karim, Reuters
Sharif Karim, Reuters
Issam Kobeisi, Reuters
Mohamed Azakir, Reuters
This last one is the only one that seems...untouched.
Feel the pathos. Mourn for these oh-so-photogenic and suspiciously dust-free trinkets of childhood.
Just don't ask any questions about their veracity.
That would be wrong.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
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To: purrage34
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posted on
08/08/2006 1:00:27 PM PDT
by
evets
(beer)
To: PajamaTruthMafia
This is wrong on so many different levels. For starters, is it fair that we do not know what sort of toys the Israeli children are playing with these days?
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posted on
08/08/2006 1:00:44 PM PDT
by
NeonKnight
(We don't believe you, you need more people.)
To: Shermy
Those toys look pretty nice after having a building dropped on 'em....
23
posted on
08/08/2006 1:00:49 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: PajamaTruthMafia
This last one is the only one that seems...untouched.
Nah, even it is obviously staged. Look at everything else in that photo. The debris, the dresser or cabinet, all of it is covered in such a thick layer of gray dust that everything is the same uniform dark gray, no other colors at all.
Except for the stuffed animan and the couple of preschool reading books. Why are they not also covered in the same layer of dirty gray grime? Yeah, right.
24
posted on
08/08/2006 1:01:46 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: Mo1
To: purrage34; Admin Moderator
Welcome to FR, you ZOT-freak!!
26
posted on
08/08/2006 1:02:20 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Democrats do want to see victory in the War on Terror.......just not for our side........)
To: PajamaTruthMafia
Ummm...is it just me, or does it now appear that nearly every photo that comes out of that side of the border is now suspect?
Staging is easy and the financial incentives for doing so are certainly there. It appears that there are NO editorial controls, common sense or even a shred of commitment to truth in this photo "journalism". Anyone who employs stringers should have applied far more supervision, especially in a political war.
27
posted on
08/08/2006 1:03:06 PM PDT
by
Wiseghy
("You want to break this army? Then break your word to it.")
To: Shermy
Well, everybody knows we heartless Republicans don't care about Tinky-Winky...
28
posted on
08/08/2006 1:03:36 PM PDT
by
gridlock
(The 'Pubbies will pick up two (2) seats in the Senate and four (4) seats in the House in 2006)
To: Enchante
To: Shermy
Doubt it is his apartment, and he certainly he wouldn't save a teletubbie without prompting! Considering that most of Hezbullah are men of around this age, and don't wear uniforms, is there any chance at ALL that perhaps this man is collecting toys to PLACE in strategic locations? (Not that the scum photographers wouldn't do that themselves, of course..)
I don't buy this for one second. The photographers are OBVIOUSLY coördinating this amongst themselves, and it's OBVIOUSLY being done for propaganda purposes. I call BS to the THOUSANDTH degree!
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posted on
08/08/2006 1:04:18 PM PDT
by
detsaoT
(Proudly not "dumb as a journalist.")
To: Shermy
Lookee here What I found!
Instead of rescuing the semi-useful suitcase, he's going to rescue the toys! What a beautiful soul! This isn't staged at all!
Lebanese do Pallywood better than the Palestinians!
31
posted on
08/08/2006 1:04:24 PM PDT
by
Shermy
To: Steve_Seattle
>>>And the holier-than-thou, smarter-than-you MSM falls for this crap! Over and over!>>>
No they don't, they just expect their readers to be stupid enough to fall for it.
32
posted on
08/08/2006 1:05:08 PM PDT
by
sandbar
To: purrage34; All; darkwing104
purrage34
Since Aug 8, 2006
Sniff..........
To: be4everfree
Wow, the mods were quick on that one!! I was ready to watch the entertaining series of ZOT-posts and he's already been nuked.
34
posted on
08/08/2006 1:05:25 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Democrats do want to see victory in the War on Terror.......just not for our side........)
To: PajamaTruthMafia
35
posted on
08/08/2006 1:05:33 PM PDT
by
JackHawk
("Some Times; War is the answer!")
To: PajamaTruthMafia
So how come Minnie Mouse got zotted in Beirut, but Mickey was in Tyre? Marital problems?
36
posted on
08/08/2006 1:05:41 PM PDT
by
Shermy
To: PajamaTruthMafia
37
posted on
08/08/2006 1:06:18 PM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(How Would Mohammed Vote? Hillary for President! www.dndorks.com)
To: MANO
"Is it me or are the stuffed animals a lot cleaner then everything around them."
It's not you; these toys were obviously planted for propaganda purposes. And the morons at Reuters can't even tell; or worse, they know they are plants and are willingly engaging in propaganda.
To: PajamaTruthMafia
Ya know .. how bleeping stupid do they think people are
The Media are just whores for these terrorists because it's THEY who chose to print them
39
posted on
08/08/2006 1:06:44 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Bolton- "No one has explained how you negotiate a ceasefire with terrorists")
To: Enchante
I think that's becuase this is a real thread, not some BS vanity.
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