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Thu Mar-04-10 03:04 PM
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- but if the media had done its job the Congress would never have authorized the Iraq invasion. And if Bush had gone ahead with it anyway, and the media continued to do its job, Bush would be sitting in prison today.
The media is indeed largely responsible for the Iraq invasion -- as well as a lot more of the Bush Administration's many crimes. But in the final analysis all of it is the fault of the general public for permitting the media to be what it's become.
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arcadian |
Mar-03-10 02:17 PM |
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K&R |
FiveGoodMen |
Mar-03-10 02:28 PM |
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The Iraq War is not the media's fault. It's the Bush Administration's fault. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Mar-03-10 02:38 PM |
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The media was complicit. |
jtrockville |
Mar-03-10 02:51 PM |
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Yes, they were. But the Bush Admin would have invaded Iraq no matter what. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Mar-03-10 02:58 PM |
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They could not have done it with out the media. |
arcadian |
Mar-03-10 03:21 PM |
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Oh yes they could have. And would have. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Mar-03-10 04:57 PM |
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That's not a very compelling argument. |
arcadian |
Mar-03-10 05:07 PM |
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That argument doesn't |
Enthusiast |
Mar-04-10 09:34 AM |
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That's not a very compelling argument. |
AlbertCat |
Mar-04-10 01:30 PM |
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Yep. The only difference would have been, they'd have declared war |
RaleighNCDUer |
Mar-04-10 12:54 PM |
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if the media had shown coffins coming back and this poor kid and |
roguevalley |
Mar-03-10 10:55 PM |
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You're missing the point of the story. |
SpankMe |
Mar-04-10 11:39 AM |
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That is a popular assumption - |
Mike K |
Mar-04-10 03:04 PM |
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Amen, JTrockville. Had the Media revealed the truth and |
Ecumenist |
Mar-04-10 11:06 AM |
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I agree with what you say. |
Plucketeer |
Mar-04-10 12:04 PM |
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The media could have done their job |
GCP |
Mar-03-10 02:56 PM |
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It wasn't Gannet it was....M???? Yes, but the Bush Admin would have invaded Iraq no matter what. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Mar-03-10 02:59 PM |
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McClatchy -- the Washington bureau. |
LuckyLib |
Mar-04-10 09:41 AM |
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+100 |
avaistheone1 |
Mar-04-10 01:42 AM |
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There are no more Woodwards and Bernsteins. |
BonnieJW |
Mar-04-10 08:21 AM |
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True, although our govt can't sell mass deception sans a massive propaganda apparatus |
Echo In Light |
Mar-03-10 02:59 PM |
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they spread the lies |
G_j |
Mar-03-10 03:03 PM |
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Thats true some of us were saying even before (*) even |
HillbillyBob |
Mar-03-10 03:53 PM |
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Holy crap. Ever heard of Michael Kelly? Judith Miller? |
arcadian |
Mar-03-10 03:20 PM |
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Yes, but there were reporters reporting on what a bad idea it was. A couple actually |
Captain Hilts |
Mar-03-10 04:58 PM |
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Where did I "let the Bush admin off lightly"? |
arcadian |
Mar-03-10 05:09 PM |
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Let us not forget the craven Democratic senators who voted for the IWR. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Mar-03-10 03:23 PM |
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And even David Letterman supported it. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Mar-03-10 04:59 PM |
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The MSM cheerleaded the war |
Taverner |
Mar-03-10 03:28 PM |
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USA! USA! USA! |
ThatsMyBarack |
Mar-03-10 11:18 PM |
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The Illegal invasion of Iraq |
Dyedinthewoolliberal |
Mar-03-10 05:18 PM |
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Blaming the Bush Administration for Iraq is like blaming Ronald McDonald for heart disease. |
Marr |
Mar-03-10 06:31 PM |
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very well put. n/t |
nyc 4 Biden |
Mar-04-10 08:27 AM |
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oh wow. can we just call them "partners" then? |
NoSheep |
Mar-04-10 12:42 AM |
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The Nuremberg Trials; Read about them, learn about them, love them.... |
liberation |
Mar-04-10 01:32 AM |
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And Maria Fucking Cantwell's fault |
Jax |
Mar-04-10 02:05 AM |
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There are degrees of culpability. Bush administration #1, congress #2 and the media #3. |
20score |
Mar-04-10 02:11 AM |
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It was the fault of the media, too, and ultimately our fault, n/t |
Orsino |
Mar-04-10 04:44 AM |
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Yes, but... |
proReality |
Mar-04-10 05:49 AM |
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The Corporate Whores in our media keep us distracted with bunk - Bread and Circuses. |
ShortnFiery |
Mar-04-10 07:31 AM |
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I have to disagree. |
nyc 4 Biden |
Mar-04-10 08:25 AM |
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how many in congress would have voted for this ... |
guyton |
Mar-04-10 08:40 AM |
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If you drive a car it's YOUR fault. |
cliffordu |
Mar-04-10 10:13 AM |
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And the invertebrates in the Democrotic Party |
swilton |
Mar-04-10 10:41 AM |
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I just read "The Good Soldiers" by David Finkel |
renate |
Mar-03-10 02:55 PM |
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Bush and Cheney will go to their graves never regretting a single thing |
GCP |
Mar-03-10 02:58 PM |
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Well, I'm a Christian, and I assure you that there is, indeed, |
liberalhistorian |
Mar-03-10 03:25 PM |
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I wish I WERE a Christain just so I could really really believe in hell |
dixiegrrrrl |
Mar-03-10 03:34 PM |
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K&R |
yorgatron |
Mar-03-10 03:35 PM |
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I'm with you. |
driver8 |
Mar-03-10 03:48 PM |
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I am incapable of understanding how any mother could acquiesce to her child |
dixiegrrrrl |
Mar-03-10 04:06 PM |
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Education and family stability tend to give people a very strong sense of self worth... |
liberation |
Mar-04-10 01:34 AM |
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FYI |
Soylent Brice |
Mar-03-10 03:34 PM |
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The original article was on Salon... |
Junkdrawer |
Mar-03-10 04:00 PM |
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that's a relief. |
Soylent Brice |
Mar-03-10 04:08 PM |
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FYI |
inna |
Mar-03-10 04:09 PM |
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what the... |
Soylent Brice |
Mar-03-10 04:23 PM |
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If I remember/understand correctly, |
inna |
Mar-03-10 08:32 PM |
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delete, original link already posted |
DemReadingDU |
Mar-04-10 05:57 AM |
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i think there's a misunderstanding here. |
Soylent Brice |
Mar-04-10 07:26 AM |
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You are correct...he moved, had to sign up again on DU |
dixiegrrrrl |
Mar-04-10 08:35 AM |
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very sad - and my town in CT is having a little war over putting yellow ribbons on the Green |
wordpix |
Mar-03-10 04:10 PM |
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Take a good look at that picture before you join the military. |
L0oniX |
Mar-03-10 05:16 PM |
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Please stop enlisting |
femrap |
Mar-03-10 06:26 PM |
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"Two little kings playing their game, they gave a war an nobody came."... |
amyrose2712 |
Mar-04-10 06:49 AM |
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Thanks for the |
femrap |
Mar-04-10 10:30 AM |
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Glad I could be of service. |
amyrose2712 |
Mar-04-10 06:15 PM |
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so tragic, so unnecessary; just heartbreaking |
amborin |
Mar-03-10 09:03 PM |
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K & R |
AzDar |
Mar-03-10 11:02 PM |
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arcadian, I still question the picture. |
northofdenali |
Mar-03-10 11:35 PM |
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What is TBI and can you tell us more about why you question this? |
NoSheep |
Mar-04-10 12:44 AM |
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Traumatic Brain Injury |
Maru Kitteh |
Mar-04-10 12:56 AM |
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well get your happy ass down to Walter reed |
pasto76 |
Mar-04-10 01:19 AM |
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I know what a TBI is, I was answering the questions presented. I have no opinion about the validity |
Maru Kitteh |
Mar-05-10 12:48 AM |
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TBI = Traumatic Brain Injury. |
northofdenali |
Mar-04-10 01:17 AM |
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I agree with you. |
RagAss |
Mar-04-10 10:08 PM |
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I have seen reality medical shows -- |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Mar-04-10 01:41 PM |
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politicians on both sides of the aisle are responsible for this. nt |
tomp |
Mar-04-10 12:38 AM |
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K & R |
democracy1st |
Mar-04-10 12:44 AM |
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Investigate BushCo! ---->wake up please, Team Obama |
upi402 |
Mar-04-10 01:10 AM |
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How could that wound even be survivable? |
Ken Burch |
Mar-04-10 01:11 AM |
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The Miracles of modern war medicine! Lots of the wounded would have never made it out of theater in |
sce56 |
Mar-04-10 01:23 AM |
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Living like the kid in that picture does is a MIRACLE? |
Ken Burch |
Mar-04-10 01:32 AM |
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Johnny got his gun! |
sce56 |
Mar-04-10 09:04 PM |
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There are many cases of surgeries where doctors have actually had to remove half a person's brain |
4lbs |
Mar-04-10 06:42 AM |
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Have all the people in the photographs at the bottom of your post had hemispherectomies? |
Ken Burch |
Mar-04-10 10:02 PM |
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war propagandists are revolting |
wial |
Mar-04-10 01:44 AM |
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monsters run the show... and their talking heads have no conscience |
fascisthunter |
Mar-04-10 11:06 AM |
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Fuck it all |
anonymous171 |
Mar-04-10 01:46 AM |
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oops, forgot |
RubyDuby in GA |
Mar-04-10 05:52 AM |
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A few years ago, |
BEZERKO |
Mar-04-10 05:54 AM |
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kicked for peace and to wake people up. |
leeroysphitz |
Mar-04-10 06:00 AM |
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k&r |
TheUnspeakable |
Mar-04-10 06:32 AM |
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Bush's "Family Values" don't look good from that angle. |
Hubert Flottz |
Mar-04-10 07:18 AM |
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End the madness of Obama's war! |
grahamhgreen |
Mar-04-10 08:57 AM |
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Republicans and media: a very toxic mix. |
KansDem |
Mar-04-10 09:08 AM |
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For more pictures of the true cost of war, get the book War Against War |
david_vincent |
Mar-04-10 10:32 AM |
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Some of the many lives ruined |
Turbineguy |
Mar-04-10 12:01 PM |
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I recently replied on DU to something with the price paid by members of the service and |
demigoddess |
Mar-04-10 12:08 PM |
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wow. k&r |
samsingh |
Mar-04-10 12:13 PM |
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It isn't just Bush, and it isn't just Republicans |
Goldstein1984 |
Mar-04-10 12:48 PM |
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Unfortunately, it's always the lesser of two evils. |
deaniac21 |
Mar-04-10 12:53 PM |
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"We the People" are ultimately responsible for what we allow our government to do. |
AlbertCat |
Mar-04-10 01:37 PM |
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By looking around you |
Goldstein1984 |
Mar-04-10 01:57 PM |
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Damn right. |
pecwae |
Mar-04-10 02:10 PM |
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This thread has 200+ recommendations. I posted some graphic stuff the other day about a dead Iraqi. |
howard112211 |
Mar-04-10 01:34 PM |
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This just might not actually be about *you.* Mkay? |
Maru Kitteh |
Mar-05-10 12:50 AM |
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Makes me want to cry for this young man |
fortyfeetunder |
Mar-05-10 12:53 AM |
#107 |
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