Sunday, November 07, 2004
Falluja
It's begun. First step taken in the assault on Falluja; seize a hospital because it "is a center of propaganda". Yesterday we flattened Falluja's newest hospital. The NY Times shows hospital doctors kneeling at the feet of marines. This time we won't allow them to report on how many people they are treating as a result of our bombs and bullets, this is a fight for hearts and minds we can't have credible reports of massive civilian casualties interrupting Monday Night Football god damnit! The article explains that the last time we mounted a siege on this city back in April:
"The outrage, fed by mostly unconfirmed reports of large civilian casualties, forced the Americans to withdraw. American commanders regarded the reports as inflated, but it was impossible to determine independently how many civilians had been killed. The hospital was selected as an early target because the American military believed that it was the source of rumors about heavy casualties. "It's a center of propaganda," a senior American officer said Sunday."
Falluja will be a blood bath, but it will be a deniable blood bath because we got to the doctors first. Notice in the above propaganda statement in the NY Times (liberal paper of record) very little was said about the Times effort, or lack of effort, to analyze the "mostly unconfirmed reports". The line "mostly unconfirmed" is meant to imply "false". It makes sense that the American military believed the hospital was the source of "rumors" since people tend to rush their loved ones there when half their legs get blown off.
I think I am going to be sick.
It's begun. First step taken in the assault on Falluja; seize a hospital because it "is a center of propaganda". Yesterday we flattened Falluja's newest hospital. The NY Times shows hospital doctors kneeling at the feet of marines. This time we won't allow them to report on how many people they are treating as a result of our bombs and bullets, this is a fight for hearts and minds we can't have credible reports of massive civilian casualties interrupting Monday Night Football god damnit! The article explains that the last time we mounted a siege on this city back in April:
"The outrage, fed by mostly unconfirmed reports of large civilian casualties, forced the Americans to withdraw. American commanders regarded the reports as inflated, but it was impossible to determine independently how many civilians had been killed. The hospital was selected as an early target because the American military believed that it was the source of rumors about heavy casualties. "It's a center of propaganda," a senior American officer said Sunday."
Falluja will be a blood bath, but it will be a deniable blood bath because we got to the doctors first. Notice in the above propaganda statement in the NY Times (liberal paper of record) very little was said about the Times effort, or lack of effort, to analyze the "mostly unconfirmed reports". The line "mostly unconfirmed" is meant to imply "false". It makes sense that the American military believed the hospital was the source of "rumors" since people tend to rush their loved ones there when half their legs get blown off.
I think I am going to be sick.
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