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2004-04-12 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Steve White 2004-04-12 1:21:03 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I am more convinced than ever that this is a ruse engineered by Sunni sympathizers on the Iraqi Council to save the Sunni forces from complete destruction.
All over the world, the lying prostitutes of the Islamo media are crowing about the triumph of the jihadi forces in Fallujah for holding the world's most powerful military at bay for a week. Never mind that hundreds jihadis have been killed, and the pace of the attack was deliberately slowed to minimize damage and casualties. Never mind that the cease-fire was called for humanitarian reasons. It is still a victory for the jihad cannon-fodder and their allies. These people are devils, lying devils, and their media whores are probably the most evil and morally bankrupt large group of people in all of history.

Worse than the SS? Probably, they just don't have the power of Hitler's minions, unless you count the media-devils' power of incitement, which trumps all previous instumentalities of murder and violence in its ability to spread chaos and death in the service of mentally diseased elitist
gloating. I hate these sons of bitches, they are worse than the terrorists, for the terrorists are nothing without media rationalizations and defeatist propaganda.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-04-12 1:47:12 AM|| 2004-04-12 1:47:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Spot-on analysis / rant, AC. Dead solid perfect.

Posted by .com 2004-04-12 1:52:15 AM|| 2004-04-12 1:52:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Women and children either used or went willingly.

Just because one is a woman or a child - depending on the age, does not mean one is innocent.

Posted by Anonymous2U 2004-04-12 1:52:54 AM|| 2004-04-12 1:52:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "We have reports of an unknown number of dead being buried in people's homes without coming to the clinics," he said.

As someone pointed out earlier, "an unknown number" could also include ZERO. (or ONE, for those of you who don't include zero as a number).

Posted by Rafael 2004-04-12 2:02:18 AM|| 2004-04-12 2:02:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Atomic Conspiracy: "Putting the rant back into Rantburg"

As a side note, I'm really liking Lt. Col. Byrne. He appears to be stating that 600 dead is a small fraction of what would have been seen had the Marines not been so discriminating in their application of firepower.

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2004-04-12 2:27:12 AM|| 2004-04-12 2:27:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 "sacks full of chemical-coated rocks" does anyone here have a clue to what is that about?

Posted by Evert Visser in NL 2004-04-12 3:31:56 AM|| [http://chinditz.buzznet.com/user/] 2004-04-12 3:31:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Many thanks, .com and others. I was feeling a little miffed today after watching all the variations on the defeatist Tet2 theme from the fifth column media. They are trying to follow in the footsteps of Walter Cronkite and other revered authorities from the high-water mark of institutional media: the aftermath of the 1968 Tet offensive when they turned the Communists' tremendous defeat into a decisive victory.

I think they will fail, this isn't 1968, the idea of a journalist being the "most trusted man in America" is laughable, and there are many many alternate sources of information. The decisive factor may well be the public's ability to make daily direct contact with eyewitnesses in Iraq, Israel, and Afghanistan and anywhere else in the world.

It is no exaggeration to say that 10 people controlled the flow of information in the US in 1968.
Today, that kind of monopoly is impossible and the media-lords are really feeling the heat.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-04-12 5:07:43 AM|| 2004-04-12 5:07:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 "sacks full of chemical-coated rocks"

Hmmm, a new chemical delivery system for Palestinian jihadis?

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-04-12 5:09:51 AM|| 2004-04-12 5:09:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 sacks full of chemical-coated rocks

Someone painted some rocks?

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-04-12 10:10:19 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-04-12 10:10:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Evert-
What I'm thinking on the 'chemical coated rocks' is that the Paleos had a habit of dipping nails and other goodies in rat poison and sticking them in the belts for shrapnel. I'm wondering if the Fallujah Finks were trying a variation on that...

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-04-12 10:19:06 AM|| 2004-04-12 10:19:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Chemical coated rocks...well what we have here is CLEAR evidence that Dear Leader's boys are involved. There is not a group out there that knows more about rocks. Heck, I'm betting that DL's team is going to give the Fallujah Jihadis the secret to surviving on grass to extend the siege. Rocks, grass, Islamo-nutcases...throw in a little juche and the Marines are really going to be up against it!

Posted by remote man 2004-04-12 12:24:51 PM|| 2004-04-12 12:24:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 You are absolutely right, AC. The "established" press will become more and more shrill as their influence shrinks. Their descent into tabloidism would be amusing if so much wasn't at stake.

I think that so many members of the Western intellectual elite are Islamists in the sense that they are looking for someone or something to submit to. When the communists were bullying so much of the world, they wanted to submit to the USSR for the sake of "world peace." Now that Islamo-facism threatens, they would submit to it to "reduce violence and prevent senseless killing."

I suppose that at some level, the elites believe that they are indispensible -- that if the commies or Islamists did win, they would still need the Western intellectual elites to run things. This attitude makes them quislings, eager to swap one power structure for another as long as it advances their own position. I hope that the Internet will make all of this more and more apparent to the voters.

Posted by 11A5S 2004-04-12 12:49:24 PM|| 2004-04-12 12:49:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Among the items U.S. troops found Sunday were sacks full of chemical-coated rocks,

Head for the hills it's NORK Tech!

Posted by Shipman 2004-04-12 2:02:33 PM|| 2004-04-12 2:02:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 "I suppose that at some level, the elites believe that they are indispensible -- that if the commies or Islamists did win, they would still need the Western intellectual elites to run things. This attitude makes them quislings, eager to swap one power structure for another as long as it advances their own position" and sells papers and/or air time.

They think this way, absolutely, without a doubt. Actually, it's more like a religion for them. And they are the fanatics of that religion. Way to go, 11A5S!

Posted by ex-lib 2004-04-12 5:08:32 PM|| 2004-04-12 5:08:32 PM|| Front Page Top

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