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EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: LIVING WITH SNIPERS Brand New Clip from Pat Dollard's "Young Americans" featuring the always besieged Government Center of Ramadi. com Attention Due to the popularity of this video, the bandwidth keeps getting sucked dry.
February 25th, 2007 at 2:09 pm 5 TJ I also want to know who the little bitch is who wrote the article for the economist. One consistency in all of this is the fact that these "journalists" who write such slander never seem to take any notes, yet they can quote specifically what this one or that oone says. The marine in the video should personally sue the journalist when he gets back state side.
February 25th, 2007 at 5:38 pm 6 Bass Amazing video man. Definitely a nice treat to see tonight since I will be going to BMT tomorrow. And although I chose USAF over the Marines I still envy what our soldiers and Marines do every day in Iraq. It is an honor to be in the same military and the folks in your documentary.
February 26th, 2007 at 12:50 am 7 terry smyth great clip pat. Keep up all the good work guys, and at least after this video, keep yer head down and get some high powered accuruate sniper gear to counteract.
February 26th, 2007 at 3:35 am 8 Dave I am a Viet Nam Marine and as the the media along with the DemoRATS are left wing Communist/Socialist Anti-American. We do not question their patroitism, they have none and we know it for fact.
Mark Nasche We must get the Name of the Economist Journalist who wrote this slanderous piece. We in the states can put public pressure on them for their lies. We can probably even get Fox News to run and expose on this looser. We can write letters to the editor or our local newspaers and direct complaint letters to the Economist. If you give me his name and when the article came out, I will not rest untill these lies see the light of day. There are plenty of patriotic people in America and we can help. I think at the minimum The Economist owes a written retaaction and apoplogy to every man in the unit. Abraham Lincoln once said,"A man is about as happy as he makes up his mind to be."
It is quite apparent the great risk that Pat was taking in being there. I would also be interested to read the article, any idea when this was? As an unpatriotic DemoRAT, I have a few laying around... The gentlemen that you interviewed are so amazing-calm, eloquent- despite the hell surrounding them.
But here you sit talking about exposing him (as if a journalist was anonymous), putting public pressure on him and killing him because some soldier told Pat Dollard that he wrote a slanderous article, without giving you a name, without you having read the article or knowing what really went on.
TJ morlock, I agree we shouldn't kill the journalist but how about torture? I suggest, if he is found guilty, we have him do a report on the evils of Islam for al-jazeera. Only he must show his face and give his full name and address to the audience.
Better yet, if you could somehow have that same man confront the journalist on screen back in the States. I think William Arkin's infamous opinions of soldiers is much more the norm for the Angry White Media. Pat, watched that clip of the CNN reporter mulling over Iranian weapons killing our boys in Iraq and seeming to condone it in that courderoy forehead, white-bread, pseudo-intellectual way. Just wondering, is it ok to question their patriotism yet? Watching most of our media makes one feel as if George Orwell or Alice in Wonderland is around the corner. Bush is Hitler even as real life Nazis try and kill our men and women and if they can't they blow up women and children. But turn the channel and they'll be telling us George Clooney is brave.
Morlock Well TJ, what you are describing in the last part of your post is close to what should happen if he did a terrible job. You can force the paper to address the mistakese maded and publish a correction. The identity of a reporter for the Economist is not a secret. Which is why resolving this matter does not lie in the hands of a few insane posters who want to literally jump on someone's throat just because of the suggestion that he might have done a false reporting. While I can't say that I oppose torture by principle, I hope you were kidding about physical torture as a mean of punishment. You do not battle oppressive, torturing regimes by becoming one.
I can understand the sacrifices made by the men and women over there. Far to much bias distortion of facts and spin by both sides. Remember though the media is essential part of our democracy "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American Public."
Thanks for speaking out against apolegetics for sedition. However, I'm an American and as such I unconditionally support the missions of the American Armed forces. Those who don't support the mission aren't just being critical, they aren't just being assholes, they *are* embellishing pretexts to launch terrorist attacks against our community, they *are* directly aiding the enemy PR effort, they *are* damaging the morale of the troops and the nation, and yet they *aren't* ashamed, which is their #1 problem in my opinion. So , treason or not, The sordid elements of the American left lack and attack a sense of duty to God and Country at every possible opportunity.
AZ_Squeegee Pat, I saw your video clips in youtube today for the first time. I am impressed with your portrayal of the Marines you met while making your documentary. They've been put in a really difficult position and are doing the very best they can. something I am sure happens way more often than in your videos), I still think your clips are the most honest of any coverage that has come out of Iraq so far. I'd be curious to see reactions in your comments from Iraq veterans. I really hope you or someone else will be able to go back again soon. Lots of things have changed since then, both in Iraq and in America.
REN I always love hearing soldiers talk about what's going on more than hearing the media. Soldiers are just so frank and honest about what they see, hear and think. They know what the enemy is and isn't and tend to be much more realistic about what they are facing. The soldiers don't have to make judgments about the rightness or wrongness of the insurgents, they just have to stop them from killing innocent people and those who aid and defend them (other American Soldiers, Iraqi Army, IPS, INP and NGOs).
TJ Morlock, the soldier in question doesnt suggest the writer made a mistake. Mistakes are forgivable , slander deciept and out right lies are what got him upset. The fact that he does name the magazine, but cant recall the name is enough for me, besides even if do get to read the article(I',ve tried to find it) I still have to believe the soldier is not lying about how they conduct raids. I've been a soldier, I have received the training, I know what they are trained to do and not to do. To suggest that they would verbally abuse Muslim women(in front of reporters no less)knowing full well that will incite the passions of them and their countrymen(and knowing the reporter will report what they have done) would be the highest form of stupidity. You being a liberal probably believe this(as does john kerry and the democrats) but I, having knowledge of how journalist's generally lack integrity(remember connie chung and Jason blair of NY times)My brother and uncle are both journalists, and I know that journalists, while having a code of ethics, can and do regularly disregard them in order to get high ratings. Not being able to deny these facts , I can safely assume the soldier is telling the truth.
TJ by the way morlock, the torture i spoke of was the punishment itself. By giving his name address and picture, the anticipation of his coming disembowlment would be plenty torturous, dont you think?
Ken Albano Pat, I just read the "Vanity Fair" article about you and watched you video preview "Young Americans", which was terrific. The article, unfortunately painted a very bizarre portrait of you. It seemed...
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