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11/13/2003 Archived Entry: "Eightball."
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In times of war, the business of keeping a well oiled propaganda machine running full steam is a no-holds-barred say anything, do anything, expose anything kind of business. If you need to tell the people that the enemy are catching Smurfs and smashing them into jelly for a super serum that is what you say.
Like I said, “fuck shame”.
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Before the war Donald Rumsfeld was telling the American people that U.S. forces would be welcomed by the Iraqi citizenry after we invade Iraq and that Saddam Hussein had large stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons and more importantly we knew where they were .
Now in light of the reality of the situation in Iraq Donald Rumsfeld is now saying that he never made such statements.
On February 20, 2003 Rumsfled never said "There is no question that they (US Troops) would be welcomed. Go back to Afghanistan , the people were in the streets playing music, cheering, flying kites, and doing all the things that the Taliban and the al-Qaeda would not let them do ."
When he was recently checked on this he responded during one of the testy exchanges with reporters that has become his trademark, " Never said that," he said. "Never did. You may remember it well, but you're thinking of somebody else. You can't find, anywhere, me saying anything like either of those two things you just said I said ."
Maybe if he keeps clicking his heels together he'll wake up and all of this would've been a dream.
When testifying in front of congress in regards to the mountains of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction that we were going to find Rumsfeld said Saddam "has amassed large clandestine stocks of biological weapons including anthrax and botulism toxin and possibly smallpox. His regime has amassed large stockpiles of chemical weapons, including VX and sarin and mustard gas ."
He even went so far as to point out where the shit was.
" We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat ."
Now he says, "I said, 'We know they're in that area, I should have said, ' I believe we're in that area. Our intelligence tells us they're in that area,' and that was our best judgment ."
Saying things like, “ well, that's our best guess ” doesn't exactly get the crowd on its feet if you know what I mean?
War propaganda is less honest than commercial advertising which can practically say anything to hawk a product.
I guess the difference between war propaganda and traditional advertising is that in traditional advertising you can practically say anything, while if you are trying to get people hyped up to take over a country you can say anything.
Replies: 3 people speak up
is it working yet?
Posted by justin @ 11/13/2003 05:20 PM NY
come on now, dont you remember that celebration in the streets back in april when they took down that statue (thus ending the war)?
and i think ive seen at least one picture of an iraqi child hugging a soldier (of course his parents weren't blown up like other peoples'...) and they did give that little boy who lost both of his arms a free play station (although i have no idea how you use a play station with no arms, and no telivision, or electricity for that matter)
as for the weapons of mass destruction... well, dont the means justify the ends? after all, saddam was a bad man....
everyone go back to sleep.... everything is fine. after all, now that we are following the israeli method for fighting terrorism (IE blowing up civilian homes and buildings from aircraft in revenge for bombings) the resistance couldnt possible last more that 70 or 80 more years, look how well it has worked in israel! they have practically eliminated their terrorist problem entirely. like they said this morning... there are only 5000 enemies in iraq (yeah, i cant believe even THEY had the balls to say that. if there are only 5000 enemies, they must be really bad ass, since they seem to be winning against 130,000 of our killing machines)
as long as we just keep bombing them, they will eventually give up, and then they will have dancing in the streets and celebrations, and our soldiers will be showered with flowers and admiration by the iraqi people. just wait, youll see..
mike tyson said it best, "im gonna fuck you till you love me!"
Posted by justin @ 11/13/2003 05:21 PM NY
I know there is a Santa Claus.
I believe there is a Santa Claus.
Hey Rummy, quite a difference in meaning when you "revise" a few words.
Posted by emal @ 11/14/2003 03:36 PM NY
