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Originally posted by Displaced Flames fan@Dec 10 2004, 04:45 PM
Yeah, I don't disagree with any of that, though I'd hardly call the drudge report 'mainstream media'.
The thing about this is that this is not a new issue. We've been hearing for months that the soldier weren't adequately equipped. Remember? Kerry was hammered for voting against defense increases that would've provided better equipment for the soldiers. The difference here is that...
1. Rumsfeld was put on the spot about it, finally.
2. The soldiers know they aren't properly equipped and aren't happy about it.
I'm not sure it's a shocking revelation though. I think what you guys are saying relies on it being just that.
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I worded it improperly but what I meant was that the Drudge Report started it and everyone else picked up on it. The crazed lefties at CNN don't have "Rumsfeld questioned about unarmed trucks" but "Rumsfeld question planted". Yahoo is painting the whole thing as a "staged media event".
You make a good point -- it is an old story. Before the war even began I saw a story (I've said this before in here I believe so bear with me) about a small military town in which the departing Hummers were being outfitted with armor in the local high school shop class using donated steel. This must have been at least 2 years ago so that begs yet another question that needs asking but nobody asks. Why not? Laziness? Total lack of curiosity? Complicity?
What the reporter did might in fact save American lives but instead of being praised for calling attention to an important story he's being painted as some sort of Svengali in a pink cape. The soldier that actually asked the question is being painted as a complete moron.