[Peace-discuss] Support the troops? Fallujah

[Morton K.Brussel]

One might say to your friend that the embedded reporters have hardly 
told us anything about the devastation and cruelty of the Iraqi 
invasion, hardly anything critical of their soldier compatriots. They 
would not be well treated if they did.

As for the NYT, it serves largely as an echo sheet of the 
administration, with exceptions for some of its columnists. Remember 
all the lies the NYT headlined at the advent of, and before, the Iraq 
invasion.One surely can't rely of that so-called "paper of record".  
How to convince your friend? I don't know. One just has to have a 
memory and be informed from other sources. There is no doubt in my mind 
that the Fallujah "invasion(?)" was an atrocity and  all involved in it 
would be tried for war crimes if there were justice in this world; we 
have ample evidence from various sources now, not just Jamaal [The 
Guardian of UK has been a partial source: See for example the site

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianfilms/fallujah.],

and of course the fact that independent reporters were kept out of 
there leads one to that belief.  That the U.S. first targeted the 
hospitals in Fallujah should tell reasonable people that something 
horrible was in progress.

Just can't help responding to your query. Your friend just doesn't WANT 
to believe; it condemns all he has been fighting "for".

Regards, Mort

On Feb 10, 2005, at 1:32 PM, Paul M. King wrote:

> i just forwarded this story to a friend of mine and his
> response follows:
>
> "...but i'm skeptical: with the hundreds of imbedded reporters
> -- including those accompanying the troops during the fallujah
> invasion -- why wasn't this story splashed on the front page
> of the new york times? while there is no doubt some very ugly
> shit slips through the cracks that we never hear about, i
> think this story lacks credibility..."
>
> where do i start? any suggestions? i don't have the patience
> to debate this with him. is there a good, concise and
> illuminating article or interview i can send him that will
> describe with some thoroughness how our system of propoganda
> works? i've been trying to get him to stop watching fox news
> for quite some time now and haven't been able to. thanks!
>
> ..:: paul
>
>
>
> ---- Original message ----
>> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 23:12:26 -0600
>> From: "Morton K. Brussel" <mkb3 at mac.com>
>> Subject: [Peace-discuss] Support the troops? Fallujah
>> To: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>>
>> I suppose all this will be denied, but yet we must listen. mkb
>>
>> Stories from Fallujah
>>
>> by Dahr Jamail; DahrJamail.com; February 09, 2005
>>
>> These are the stories that will continue to emerge from the
> rubble of
>> Fallujah for years. No, for generations…