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1/4 Now we're willing to fight a war with big lies? How degraded have we
become?
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/01/04/ret.bin.laden.leaflets/index.html
\_ Republicans as usual: Iran-Contra, Gulf of Tonkin, Chile, etc.
\_ Business as usual: Iran-Contra, Gulf of Tonkin, Chile, etc.
\_ Dave Culler in the article!!!
\_ Why does the Petagon insist on dropping leaflets written in
English and not in the local language of the region? Is this for our
consumption?
\_ I think the English leaflets are for the press only.
\_ Hey genius, war time propaganda is thousands of years older than
you are. Get over it. Do you think it was degrading that we
dropped leaflets in WWII? Gosh, some of them might not have told
the truth, too!
\_ and contrary to the movie about hiroshima, there no leaflets
dropped in hiroshima to warn them
\_ I was thinking Germany, however, I'd like to see a URL for
your hiroshima claim.
\_ What's wrong with lying to the enemy? They surrender, lives are
saved in the end. All is good.
\_ Well supposedly we want to tell the enemy that we are the good
guys, and good guys shouldn't lie.
\_ You're so naive. "good guys shouldn't lie". Yes, this is
just like your dungeons and dragons paladin going to
Afghanistan. Uh huh. Made level 2 yet?
\_ If you think they just lie to "the enemy," I've got a bridge
I'd like to sell you.
\_ By telling you the truth in real time they're telling the
enemy the truth in real time. I don't want to know the
truth at the moment Live On CNN With Geraldo! if it means
American lives are put at risk. It isn't a video game, it
is war. I *do* want to know the truth afterwards though.
Yes this does mean that sometimes things will happen in my
name as an American citizen that I don't want to happen and
I won't even know until maybe years later, but knowing
about it in real time wouldn't stop it. |
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| www.cnn.com/2002/US/01/04/ret.bin.laden.leaflets/index.html WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Pentagon is trying to persuade remaining al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan to surrender by distributing leaflets that contain a doctored image of Osama bin Laden in Western-style dress. The two-sided paper is being dropped in areas of Afghanistan where the United States believed al Qaeda fighters are. The leaflet has an image of dead Afghan soldiers with the following statement, with spellings retained: "Usama bin Laden, the murderer and coward, has abandoned al Qaeda. Give yourself up and do not die needlessly, you mean nothing to him. It is offering a $25 million reward for information leading to his arrest and conviction. Central Command spokesman Commander Dave Culler said the leaflets were dropped in the Afghan areas of Khowst, Ghanzai, Tora Bora, Sokhta and Tarin Kowt -- primarily in the eastern part of the country. Some analysts say the altered photograph will not play well in some parts of the Muslim world, where there is already suspicion of the United States. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said he had not thought about the possibility Rumsfeld, speaking at Thursday's Pentagon media briefing, said there was "nothing much" the United States could do about what others might claim about the leaflets. Find 51 Back to the top 2003 Cable News Network LP, LLLP. |