Posted on 10/11/2004 11:17:57 PM PDT by quidnunc
What if today's reporters had covered the Marines landing on Iwo Jima, a small island in the far away Pacific Ocean, in the same way they're covering the war in Iraq? Here's how it might have looked:
DAY 1
With the aid of satellite technology, Cutie Cudley interviews Marine Pfc. John Doe, who earlier came ashore with 30,000 other Marines.
Cutie: "John, we have been told by the administration that this island has great strategic importance because if you're successful, it could become a fueling stop for our bombers on the way to Japan. But, as you know, we can't be sure this is the truth. What do you think?"
Pfc. Doe: "Well, I've been pinned down by enemy fire almost ever since I got here and have had a couple of buddies killed right beside me. I'm a Marine and I go where they send me. One thing's for sure, they are putting up a fight not to give up this island."
Cutie: "Our military analysts tell us that the Japanese are holed up in caves and miles of connecting tunnels they've built over the years. How will you ever get them out?"
Pfc. Doe: "With flame throwers, ma'am."
Cutie (incredulously): "Flame throwers? You'll burn them alive?"
Pfc. Doe: "Yes ma'am, we'll fry their asses. Excuse me, I shouldn't have said that on TV."
Cutie (audible gasp): "How horrible!"
Pfc. Doe (obviously wanting to move on): "We're at war ma'am."
A Marine sergeant watching nearby yells, "Ask her what does she want us to do — sing to them, 'Come out, come out, wherever you are. Pretty please.' "
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Well, round the kiddies up as Grandpa Zell tells us how it really was back in the days when war heroes EARNED their medals, and congressmen showed up for work.
Seriously, I would LOVE to have a long Sunday lunch with this gentleman. His speech at the RNC was truly amazing...can you imagine the guy in person???
**Georgia**
Probably already in the can waiting to air for the last-minute blitz.
God bless you DMZFrank.
Ping
I think it would be great to have a CD of his best speeches particularly for those who don't remember the generation of passionate conviction.
(VIDEO) Mike Wallace at World War II Memorial: "The Iraq War is not a noble enterprise."
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
If today's Main Stream Media had owned the newspapers and radio stations during WWII, America and our Allies would have been defeated.
LOL. I've heard the same rumor.
You chose the perfect word for Zell - 'gentleman'. That's why he's no longer a Dem.
The donks should have just kept their collective mouths shut and not messed with the man. Will they learn their lesson? Going from recent history, only when pigs have wings.
The Bush blitz is gonna be something to see.
Kerry's gonna have real bad agita.
Absolutely!
Being born in 1974, my first opportunity to really hear a Democrat was the likes of Michael Dukakis, Jerry Brown, and the Clintons. I never could QUITE figure out why my grandparents voted Democrat, my parents voted Republican, and BOTH were staunchly anti-abortion!
I was a junior in high school during Desert Storm, and you can bet that our left-leaning teachers influenced us by telling us that the war was all about oil. We didn't hear anything about Saddam's regime and his murderous ways...we just heard about "no blood for oil." I'll admit that I bought into the propaganda.
After my conversion to the Republican party, i.e. I started working and wondered who the heck this FICA guy was, I became more motivated than ever. Funny, but my grandparents decided that Clinton was too much for them, and both had registered Republican when they passed on.
So imagine my delight when I heard Zell Miller...it was like something from another planet. And reading these articles TOTALLY reminds me of playing cards and talking politics with my grandpa, who is now in heaven CHEERING that I've seen the light.
But enough vanity...
And probably a few other things which rhyme.
Yep...the same 'rules of reporting war from the US perspective' was written about how the US Globalist reporters would have covered the events of D-Day
They would have all demanded we surrender to Hitler within hours after hour troops slogged their way ashore
The same after Peal Harbor....would have had us surrender to the Japs and said the war was unwinnable.
During the Revolutionary War they would have had us surrender to the Brits..no blood for freedom
And during the Civil War told the slaves they were out of luck..war is unhealthy for children and other living things...
The domestic enemies of America have had their propagandizing way with America for so long....they cannot believe anyone is fighting back or challenging their version of reality...
Reality must past the global test
I guess when European post-modernism reached the halls of American academia, we became enlightened to the notion that there is no absolute truth. How enlightening is that? It swiftly became our downfall, but I hope that we as a nation see the error of our ways.
BTW, my husband and I adopted two older children, who are ages 10 and 6. Both are going with me to the local GOP today to volunteer...their suggestion, not mine!
Oh, and we homeschool.
"President Roosevelt was elected to improve the economy but so far we are still in a depression and here we are at war now. General Eisenhower has been heard to say that we should all beware of the industrial-military complex. Such contracting companies engage in battles just to line the pockets of rich capitalists".
"Yeah, I saw that cover of Life Magazine. TALK about a photo op."
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