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2005-04-17 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by legolas 2005-04-17 16:39|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The irony of NYT decrying the fantasy story of the Shi'ite hostages, then fanasizing about Iraq the Quagmire - the real point and punch of the story, is beyond hysterical.

That the fabrication has made it this far, caused a such a hue & cry, and put the Iraqi admin on a military course to solve it is, lol, the MSM in action. How was it discovered to be a fake story? By the MSM? An NYT scoop? No, of course not! It was the military, come to the rescue, who discovered the hoax.

The MSM. The clueless and the malfeasant. The sympathizers and the collaborators. MSM, foreign and domestic. Puff merchants and jihadi fluffers.

That the NYT pretends to be above it, is a new record in hypocrisy. Absolutely too much - of the usual NYT added value - nothing.

Posted by .com 2005-04-17 5:55:54 PM|| 2005-04-17 5:55:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Just the comment I'd have liked to have made if I could type more than 3 words a minute!

Posted by SwissTex 2005-04-17 6:12:52 PM|| 2005-04-17 6:12:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 .com = Mallei malfeasantorum! LOL

Oddly enough, there are reports that 15 families have been rescued and 5 hostage-takers detained.
So, something was going on. Perhaps it was somewhat hyped up by the media quackmire machine.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-04-17 6:13:33 PM|| 2005-04-17 6:13:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 There's a sort of perfect storm on C-Span right now: On C-Span 1 Barbara Boxer is addressing the American Society of Newspaper Editors, and on C-Span-2 Jane Fonda is addressing the National Press Club. Boxer is using her formidable intellect to opine that we shouldn't have any permanent bases in Iraq, and Hanoi is using her profound understanding of history to attack the Swift Boat Vets. I fear for the republic.

Posted by Matt 2005-04-17 7:44:19 PM|| 2005-04-17 7:44:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Wow - Fear and Loathing in DC...

Fonda's Fear.

Boxer's Loathing.

;-)

Posted by .com 2005-04-17 7:46:00 PM|| 2005-04-17 7:46:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 LOL, exactly right. Both of them appear to be mildly retarded. I'm not a big Ann Coulter fan, but I'd pay money to see her "debate" either one of them.

Posted by Matt 2005-04-17 8:02:22 PM|| 2005-04-17 8:02:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I just peeked in - I only get 1 C-SPAN channel - and it's their Q&A segment... so I can't listen in, but your comment created a visual that was overwhelming, no wait, make that nauseating, lol!

Coulter goes to the extreme just to get a rise out of the Moonbats, I'd wager. She's like a nasty outdoor cat that plays with the mouse before eviscerating it, lol! Looks like the indoor model, but fights like an alley vet. ;-)

Posted by .com 2005-04-17 8:08:55 PM|| 2005-04-17 8:08:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I just saw the LGF post that Ann's going to be on the cover of Time.

Posted by Matt 2005-04-17 8:26:50 PM|| 2005-04-17 8:26:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Is Jane or her cooter being interviewed?

Posted by Frank G 2005-04-17 10:37:17 PM|| 2005-04-17 10:37:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Back to the story. AFP via CNA say its still going on and there will be an all out assault Monday morning. I can only conclude the NYT reporter went to the wrong town.

CNA/AFP - Al-Madain, some 30 kilometres south of Baghdad

NYT - Madaen, 10 miles south of Baghdad

Posted by phil_b 2005-04-17 10:41:51 PM|| 2005-04-17 10:41:51 PM|| Front Page Top

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