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In reply to the discussion: Chime in if you remember how the "press" in this country pushed for war [View all]susanna
(5,231 posts)86. I remember vividly.
And I remember the kind folks at DU comforting me less than one week after the media's much-wanted war started, when one of my best friends was killed by friendly fire during a sandstorm.
I remember everything. I forget nothing. And any person who dares to start about how "we had to do it" gets no quarter from me. Ever. I have re-educated probably hundreds about the stupidity of what happened then. And I'll continue forever. I've gotten to old and too angry to shut up.
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Chime in if you remember how the "press" in this country pushed for war [View all]
senseandsensibility
Feb 2013
OP
I remember this well. I used to listen to NPR during my lunch break and that
senseandsensibility
Feb 2013
#17
Very good point. All the "news" companies have weapons manufacturing divisions.
yardwork
Feb 2013
#23
My husband was in the military, so I knew it would affect us--but I wasn't certain that
TwilightGardener
Feb 2013
#10
I remember Tweety gushing over Shrub's strut on the Mission Accomplished carrier.
kairos12
Feb 2013
#16
I remember at an anti-Bush, anti-war protest I got interviewed by a local TV station
Arugula Latte
Feb 2013
#21
you just have to go back to last election, or even current Benghazi BS being pushed by Wingnuts
JI7
Feb 2013
#30
William Rivers Pitt's piece titled: "I See Four Lights" stands out for me from that time...
rosesaylavee
Feb 2013
#81
Then the presswhores gleefully asked people to call in and "tell us how you feel about torture"
just1voice
Feb 2013
#85
I lost my voice often then, screaming LIARS at the television. I sure as hell will never forget what
Mnemosyne
Feb 2013
#89
I remember Operation Iraqi Liberation lasted for about a day until they realized it spelled OIL.
CrispyQ
Feb 2013
#100
Still waiting for the expose and mea culpa from the NYTimes on their role in the conspiracy
on point
Feb 2013
#111
I remember it like it was yesterday. ALL the cable news channels were on the war bandwagon
Blaukraut
Feb 2013
#117
I remember the press claiming Iraq had missiles capable of dumping chemical weapons
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
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