Veterans Day Messages from Troops In Iraq, Filmed By Defense Dept., Feature Replica of Twin Towers
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Veterans Day Messages from Troops In Iraq, Filmed By Defense Dept., Feature Replica of Twin Towers
After months of studied ambiguity, President Bush finally admitted that Iraq had “nothing” to do with the attack on the World Trade Center. The Defense Department, however, appears determined to perpetuate the myth.
Today, the administration released veterans day messages from troops in Iraq. These “taped messages from the U.S. Defense Department” featured a replica of the twin towers in the background. Here’s a screen shot:
Watch two of the messages, as aired on CNN, here.
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After months of studied ambiguity, President Bush finally admitted that Iraq had “nothing†to do with the attack on the World Trade Center. The Defense Department, however, appears determined to perpetuate the myth.
Who cares? The goal is to make people angry and sensitive so they support whatever action this war government wishes to undertake.
November 11th, 2006 at 9:25 pmwill these guys ever learn?
November 11th, 2006 at 9:30 pmWar Pig produced propoganda. Satan laughing spreads his wings.
November 11th, 2006 at 9:35 pmI only see one video...and it's got nothing to do with that...someone enlighten me here?
November 11th, 2006 at 9:35 pmFrom the jerks who bring you this...
Thank You, Liberals...for letting terrorists kill us.
November 11th, 2006 at 9:43 pmActually those 'things' are part of an exhibition assembled by wounded Iraqi children to represent their view of Americcca and why they had to loose their limbs.
November 11th, 2006 at 9:48 pmThe scumbags have no shame.
November 11th, 2006 at 9:49 pmYes, President Bush did finally admit that Iraq had “nothing†to do with the attack on the World Trade Center.
Time will tell, though, if President Bush will ever admit that he inadvertently fathered a Shiite fundamentalist democracy in Iraq in direct response to the horrific attacks of 9/11.
9/11 = Nearly three thousand murders + Uncounted thousands of (phsyical, psych, etc.) mutilations + tens of billions of dollars in damage
Iraq, Bush's Shiite fundamentalist republic = Tens of thousands of murders and mutilations + four hundred billion dollars in cost
WTF?
Bush deserves to be renditioned to Iraq where he can live the rest of his life hearing Iraqis chant `Death to Israel', `Death to America'.
November 11th, 2006 at 9:56 pmIt's amazing, since 1994 the GOP has controlled Congress and the House yet they still cannot accept any blame for letting them GOP kill us and them.
November 11th, 2006 at 10:02 pmThat's pathetically sick.
November 11th, 2006 at 10:04 pmThey have no shame, they continue to exploit the troops.
November 11th, 2006 at 10:05 pmBush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and anyone else who approved this disgraceful act deserve to have a special place hell.
Besides it doesn't matter what Americans think, Cheney says, because Polls do not decide security directives.
November 11th, 2006 at 10:12 pmErgo Mr Cheney ORDERS that it doesn't matter what the troops think, or what the Libertarians think, or what the Republicans or Conservatives, or Democrats think. This Video doesn't mean a damn thing to anybody other than those that want to argue about what the media idiot box is currently emanating....
#5, I think the website is satirical.
November 11th, 2006 at 10:14 pmIt's so outrageous, it cannot be for real.
#5, I think the website is satirical.
It’s so outrageous, it cannot be for real.
Comment by Marie — November 11, 2006 @ 10:14 pm
yes, it most definitely is a parody site... i promise... others will also...
November 11th, 2006 at 10:24 pmherman b. hayes has even posted here several times...
you know they're (cfav) hitting a nerve when even the trolls post some of the stories with righteous indignation... that can be rather funny...
#5 - That site is satire.
November 11th, 2006 at 10:24 pmImpeach the Son of Bitches. Convict them.
November 11th, 2006 at 10:38 pmThis is by no means a reference to Senator Kerry's comment, but why would any service man or women allow themselves to have their picture taken in front of a picture of the WTC when that building had nothing to do with them being in Iraq?
November 11th, 2006 at 10:39 pmIt's not clear that the troop(s) saw the backdrop or knew what the backdrop was or would be. Troops often don't know or care about politics. There's an article in today's New York Times highlighting this. An Iraqi tells some GIs (who are occupying his house) that Rumsfeld has resigned. One of the GIs asks, "who's Rumsfeld?"
November 11th, 2006 at 11:04 pm#17
i imagine, if indeed it was thought through and not coincidence, it may have something to do with an urge to demonize the enemy so it is more palatable to kill them? or, it may be some sort of motivation, even if false, to justify their time there? if there were not wmds, saddam is caught, and people are just dying for no reason, i suppose any justification for being there might be good to have...
November 11th, 2006 at 11:07 pmMore bullshit propaganda from the 'people' who brought us the phoney tales of Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch to get the public to support their bullshit war.
November 11th, 2006 at 11:10 pmAnd you think it's going to get better in January? Nancy Pelosi has stated that no impeachment proceedings will be persued against George Bush. They won't investigate the lies and deceptions that they used to put us in Iraq. She voted for the war, the Patriot Act, The Miltitary Commissions Act, etc. She sucks! She's already enjoyed her photo ops with lame duck George. I say John Murtha should be speaker of the house.
If the republicans will spare no expense to investigate Bill Clinton for whatever they could possibly get to stick and then initiate impeachment proceedings for lying about a blowjob then the democrats could have a field day investigating Bush. They could charge him with any number of things he's violated starting with his oath of office. But no, they still want the republicans to believe that if they won't prosecute them then the republicans won't do the same in the future. Bullshit!!! The democrats seem to just want their time at the 'cookie jar' instead of persuing the truth and setting a standard that future presidents must adhere to. I'm sorry but, my skepticism is fueling my cynicism.
Everyone that posts here regularly knows how I feel and how I lean politically. I'm just very wary about the things I've read recently about what is going to happen after the retaking of the house and the senate. I am happy about the impending war profiteering and fraud investigations mainly regarding Halliburton and it's subsidiaries. I'm also hoping that those investigations will open new doors into dark closets full of skeletons that the republicans and mainly the sick, demented, delusional neocons will stop at nothing to hide. What deals are being made at this very moment to protect these secrets. I guess what I'm asking all of you is should we let them off or should we demand that our new democratic majority blow the entire roof off of the whole twisted mess created by the Bush Administration?
November 11th, 2006 at 11:52 pmNot really all that Surprising.
The itmes are used to justify to the enlisted any war or reason to attack anyone they choose.
Personally, I have talked with several active servicemen who are still convinced that Saddam was involved in 9-11.
I think it's part of the usual brainwashing.
November 12th, 2006 at 12:21 amThe Dems MUST go for empeachment. What Bush has done is by FAR worse than what Clinton did. The Dems MUST go for the jugular as Repugs did 10 years ago. The Dems MUST do this now and fast. If the don't, then they WILL be viewed as weak. Hit Bush and hit him HARD.
November 12th, 2006 at 12:27 am#'s 22 & 23 Eargy Earp and Yikes: I couldn't agree more!
November 12th, 2006 at 12:46 ammr e,
i agree with your comments on pelosli. it looks as if she has lost touch with the passions and the sentiments of those that have given her the opportunity to lead. but, come to think of it, no one on the good side of the aisle has said much worthwhile since the election about going after the war-criminals in the whitehouse. politics is all about the special interest groups and the power that they give and not about the voters. she may turn out to be just another reprehensible pig in the shit-filled sty.
November 12th, 2006 at 1:15 amSo many here seem to mis-understand the real-politik of the impeachment process. Although the Democrats do have control of the Senate now, the majority is far too small to go for impeachment right out of the blocks. Let's get the investigations underway that Dennis Kucinich is now proposing and then see where we are in six months. If the information from the investigations is sufficient to mobilize public opinion, then you can be sure that impeachment will move forward.
However, keep in mind that the position of the US in the world has been fundamentally changed by the criminality of the Bush-Cheney cabal. In truth, impeachment is not enough for what they have done. While our investigations are underway, let's see how the German proceedings go with Rumstool et al. We must carefully plan our steps if we are to insure that this kind of fascist coup cannot happen again. Let us not be so arrogant to assume that we can clean house without help from the rest of the world.
And keep in mind one more thing. There must be a fundamental reformation of the way we do business in the US. And by that, I mean that the underlying machinery that regulates business and finance must be changed. We would not be in this situation were it not for the corporate interests who financed the Bush coup. Bush and Cheney, disgusting and vile as they are, are nothing but mouthpieces for the forces that own them. For everyone's sake, it would much better to see progress at reining-in the higher powers of business and finance, than to waste time with impeachment proceedings which are nothing more than political wrist slapping.
For starters, take a look at the article by Jeff Madrick on how the US economy compares with the Nordic countries. I think you will be pleasantly surprised to see that there is a workable model that could rein-in the corporate and governmental abuses while insuring a decent standard of living and growth opportunities for all.
Now to Shuffle Off the Neo-liberal Coil
Cheers!!!
November 12th, 2006 at 1:24 amYeah, James, i fear that Pelosi will be just another zionist pig at the trough. She certainly makes no bones about sucking up to Israel and it is clear she supports drastic action in Iran. But hey, at least she helped us come out from underneath the elephant's big ass for a brief but life-restoring breath of fresh air.
November 12th, 2006 at 1:35 amJust say no to Pelosi. Just say yes to Murtha!
November 12th, 2006 at 3:04 am#27 you say zionist like it is something bad... spend multiple centuries with you balls in the vice and see if you don't yearn for a national homeland.
November 12th, 2006 at 5:10 am# 29 thank you for that charming and thought provoking image, from now on I'm going to always think of Israel as "Noballsinaviceaville"
November 12th, 2006 at 5:48 amThis quote never get's old
"We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality--judiciously, as you will--we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors...and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."
November 12th, 2006 at 6:22 amhttp://www.thenation.com/doc/20050509/alterman
She voted for the war, the Patriot Act, The Miltitary Commissions Act
NO, Nancy Pelosi did not vote for the MCA -- get your facts straight buddy!
November 12th, 2006 at 7:54 amWhy do we have to brainwash our own troops? They do have a mind of their own. The defense department is as guilty of infering that the troops are stupid. They took Mr. Kerry to the woodshed for precisely the same sort of thing. However Mr. Kerry's statement was a mess up. This is just out and out deceiptful.
November 12th, 2006 at 8:10 amThe goverment should just refrain from the blantant lies that seem to dictate there mission.
Nothing has changed since the election and I would suggest that this sort of propaganda will continue.
#22 Energy Earp; It IS brainwashing. When I was in the service, I was told to obey without question. As an E-2, an E-5 told me;"yours is not to question why, but to do and die."
November 12th, 2006 at 8:28 am
Great post's all, I agree with most of you, we must be ever watchful of what the Dem's are going to do or not.....I think they must investigate and prosacute this administration just as quickly as possible.....I do believe they must first make bush and his remaining regime reign in and stop these war's and change back many of retched bill's they passed this year.....
There is much to be done and they can do a lot all at once if they just will.....If they refuse to investigate and hold this bunch accountable we must be ready to raise enough trouble to make them....First things first, take all that dictator power away from bush....Without that we will still end up in camp's and accomplish nothing......We must bring up charges against these people for war crimes other wise every killer in our country has a get out free pass.....Blessings
November 12th, 2006 at 9:01 amDa! More Amerikan Pravda Indoctrination!
November 12th, 2006 at 9:21 amThis photo altering is sad....very say! The Conjobs are still spinning things. When will they learn that "it's over" for them?
November 12th, 2006 at 9:36 amthis is just bizarre...
November 12th, 2006 at 10:14 amPathetic! They have an all out media blitz going right now to "support the troops". There is no aspect of support the troops that I support. Anybody that does should have a good look at the photos at http://iraq-kill-maim.org/
November 12th, 2006 at 11:48 amSame ole brainwash
November 12th, 2006 at 3:08 pm[...] White House war pigs use props of the twin towers in a veteran’s day message to the troops: After months of studied ambiguity, President Bush finally admitted that Iraq had “nothing†to do with the attack on the World Trade Center. The Defense Department, however, appears determined to perpetuate the myth. [...]
November 12th, 2006 at 6:09 pmPot_laced_banana,
Zionism has nothing to do with gaining a homeland for the Jews. The Zionists could have taken Madagascar if they wanted to build a peaceful homeland where they could live as they please. Instead, they deliberately chose an area where they could play war games for all time. Zionism is about political and economic control. Zionism is about stealing the birthrights of others. Ever since the Babylonian Captivity, Zionism has been about propagating fraudulent claims of superiority and ownership. Just ask yourself why everything that is good for Israel always hurts so many other nations.
November 12th, 2006 at 8:53 pm.
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Everyone here missed the graphic at the beginning of this propaganda piece -- stating the number of servicepeople in the "War on Terror".
The corporate media is shameless.
November 12th, 2006 at 10:46 pm.
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#32 Kurt: So I missed one, Mr. Perfect. Why don't you chill out "buddy". I do strive to be as perfect as you. She still sucks Bush's ass, jerk.
November 13th, 2006 at 12:34 amThe Ministry of Propaganda is alive and well.
This crap has to be pointed out every time they try to slip it through.
Sometimes the obvious has to be pointed out to the oblivious and easliy manipulated.
It's not like Bush&Co. developed morals all of a sudden because of the election right?
That would be as absurd as Tony Snow admitting that Fox News is biased, then proceeding to do his job in a forthright, non-snarky manner. Not bloody likely, eh?
November 13th, 2006 at 2:22 pmI have an idea why not use the North Vietnames flag as a background ?
Iraq = vietnam
:P
November 14th, 2006 at 2:16 amEach country needs a monument, at least each civilized country. The USA had none, except maybe the house of Elvis. Here you have your myth, and we'll hear about that until you find another one...
November 14th, 2006 at 3:16 amI don't understand why we take umbrage at the way the truth is manipulated.
We claim to be a great country, our people are great, the food is great, the land is great, our rivers are great, our beaches are great, NY is the greatest city on earth, the NFL and MLB produce "world champions", Ms. Rice is the most powerful woman on earth, etc etc.
So unless your IQ is below 10 you should realize that the current administration is BSing its way through life and is in the back pocket of special interests. After all one visit from Olmert and suddenly poor Iran and Syria were being blamed for all the problems in Iraq again!
Some things never change!
November 14th, 2006 at 9:04 amYes, America asked for this: we just didn't show the Iraqis and Iranians enough love. Instead we act like the ugly, yankee, infidel pig dogs that we are.
Over 3,000 people died on 11 September. So what...because we REFUSED to bow down immediately and accept allah and his seven passing winds, and, instead, tried to retaliate, we now are caught in a quagmire, right?
Winning things is an outdated concept anyway, we need to be more of a mind of "sharing" a victory with our opposition, because who are WE to want to hoard all that victory to ourselves? Progressives should be more open about cheering when a victory-sharing moment occurs like a suicide bombing or an IED explosion. So an American soldier dies...they're only puppets of Bushitler who deserve what's coming to them for being imperialist yankee infidel invaders, right?
In fact, WHY should America have armed forces anyway? Nobody loves a bully, right?
Progressives should rally around the idea of forming a federal Department of Peace just so that the world will like America better, right?
Who could disagree with that?
November 14th, 2006 at 12:51 pm