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To: chuck_the_tv_out

Yeah? Well the sources aren’t “Ms. Youssef.” The sources are military.
The proof is dripping in.
Now what?
Who is dumb here? Her for reporting it, or you for ignoring reality?


34 posted on 09/19/2009 8:11:12 AM PDT by MestaMachine (One if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by Air Force 1.)
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To: MestaMachine

Writing that implies that an organization, or city, or country has an emotion such as impatience is a manipulative kind of writing.

We have long been manipulated by statements such as “Washington feels that..”. And it’s always beneficial to the democrat position, of course. We are generally good in this community at pointing out different kinds of manipulation in media, but some still get right past us.

The US military is an extremely professional organization, almost to a fault, and to imply it is “impatient” is (a) nonsensical, (b) dumb, (c) manipulative.

And yes, there are too many arab names in the byline. A highly disproportionate number, and it is because the Saudis spent much of the 90’s buying as much US media as they could, as they felt it was the best use of their defense budget.


67 posted on 09/19/2009 9:16:18 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out ( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
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