[cake_crumb]

"The reporter did (paranthetically) quote the American commander as stating over 70 T-72s were destroyed."

Ah HA!! That is exactly what I've been ranting about all day. The media is concentrating WAAAAAAY too hard on making it look like we're losing this war, and we have hardly even begun. I turned off all the media feed in disgust a few hours ago, because I was so SICK of hearing the same three stories stated and restated, combined and recombined over and over all day long, in an effort to make them seem like 'new' news.

In contrast, the SUCCESSES of our troops are barely mumbled and buried in a long drawn out list of Allied casualties. The media never even gives estimates of Iraqi dead, because we might get a little PERSPECTIVE on just how few casulities have avtually been taken by our side in comparison.

IIRC, the media did the same thing in the opening stages of operations in Afghanistan. And some FR posters jumped to back up the propaganda.

[section9]

Ah HA!! That is exactly what I've been ranting about all day. The media is concentrating WAAAAAAY too hard on making it look like we're losing this war, and we have hardly even begun. I turned off all the media feed in disgust a few hours ago, because I was so SICK of hearing the same three stories stated and restated, combined and recombined over and over all day long, in an effort to make them seem like 'new' news.

Geez, the Hammurabi division only has ninety T-72's. We killed 70. Sounds like the Air Cav had a good day. This leaves them with the equivalent of a couple of companies and BMP's.

No wonder we threw the Apaches at them tonight.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[grimalkin]

IIRC, the media did the same thing in the opening stages of operations in Afghanistan. And some FR posters jumped to back up the propaganda

You're absolutely right. One only needs to go to this previous FR post: Mistaken Wartime Predictions from the Punditry

[Arkinsaw]

Ah HA!! That is exactly what I've been ranting about all day. The media is concentrating WAAAAAAY too hard on making it look like we're losing this war, and we have hardly even begun.

We are NOT losing the war. And people here who question things are not saying we are. Its okay to ask WHY those Apaches had to run into a AAA gauntlet to get to those tanks. Its okay to ask why the Marines at Umm Qasr last night couldn't just ask for a bomb on target instead of hunkering down for four hours. Its okay to ask how a supply company wandered away and got captured without massive air support rushing to them immediately. Its okay to ask this stuff. Its not traitorous to question these things.

[Paraclete]

Let's face it. Most of these media people are probably scared spitless and never seen real battle. Hyperbole is going to rule.