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Bush Propaganda Machine Goes Into High Gear in Iraq

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:44 PM EDT

Hearing the "news" these past two weeks as the death of designated al Qaeda leader Zarqawi was trumpeted to the world in endless waves, I got the feeling I was listening to some scripted propaganda piece rather than honest reporting. The variations and embellishments got more grandiose each day as the US military kept revealing how this one capture was the gold mine of intelligence. It was as if they discovered the secret crypt leading to the uniform military data base of the Iraqi resistance movement. It was disturbing how most journalists were simply reporting the claims of the military without question. It seems reporters have become experts in spinning and embellishing the news; making it appear analytical, unique, and new – even though virtually 100 percent of what we were told about the Zarqawi death came from one source: the US government. There was not a shred of confirmation to be found from other independent sources.

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TheWiseG
There was not a shred of confirmation to be found from other independent sources.

What sources do you want? The U.S. government planned and executed the attack. Do you expect them to call "independent" sources and let them know before they attack so they can be there to watch and write about it?

Iraqi insiders who are complicit in the graft, and syphoning off millions of dollars into personal bank accounts in other lands.

Can't be any worse than before. Saddam made his friends rich and let his people live in poverty.

One witness insists he saw Zarqawi taken off the stretcher and beaten by US forces who put him on the ground and jumped on his chest, among other things.

Is this guy medically trained? Why should we not think he was also an insurgent living in the house next door?

In reality, the conference turned out to be an elaborate ruse, masking the President’s intent to secretly fly to Iraq Monday night...Reporters must have also felt very used and betrayed after false schedules of Tuesdays’ events with the President, VP, and secretaries of Defense and State were handed out Tuesday morning – with full knowledge of the staff that it was all a lie.

This article just keeps getting worse. Do you really expect the President to make an announced visit to Bagdad? One minute you portray the streets of Bagdad to be an all out war zone and the next you blast the President for not announcing his vist. When does it stop Keld? Bush could cure cancer and AIDS tomorrow and you would still have some half brained conspiracy.

I don't think the "Bush Propaganda Machine" can touch your own.

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#1 - Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:42 PM EDT
Keld Bach

I'm surprised you didn't respond to the last few lines, Wise G:

... as the Iraqi government is increasingly seen as a puppet government to the US occupation and tolerant of the ongoing killing by government permitted militias.

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#1.1 - Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:54 PM EDT