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The bandit Commander
Joined: 15 May 2004 Posts: 349
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Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:47 am Post subject: Iwo Jima, if covered by media today |
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Iwo Jima, if covered by media today
Great peice by Zell Miller. If interested in reading it you can here:
http://idexer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1084 _________________
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lthrneck Lieutenant
Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 214
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Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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Outstanding!!! _________________ "Old Breed, New Breed, There's not a DAMM bit of
difference so long as it's the MARINE Breed"
- Lt. Gen Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller
Semper fi
uuurah
Carry On!!
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volosong Seaman Recruit
Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 23 Location: SoCal
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Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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God bless every WWII veteran and his or her family. Thank you!
The histroical postscript says it best, "uncommon courage was a common virtue". |
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Truegrit Lieutenant
Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 246 Location: Massachusetts
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:18 am Post subject: Today's defeatist media |
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If we had today's media in WW II, we could not have won. The media would have begun demoralization of our troops after Kasserine Pass, or Guadalcanal, emphasizing day by day, the death drip rate. And, in the runup to D-Day, the CNN reporters in France would be noting the civilian casualties in French railroad yards from Allied bombing.
The media are doing a terrible disservice to our country at a time of war. We need to begin to change that, by countering the leftwing propaganda still rampant on our nation's campuses and in the press. We need to fight, fight, fight -- beyond just this election, to take back our country from the America haters and America bashers. _________________ Ted Harwood, Ph.D.
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gocars Lt.Jg.
Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 101 Location: El Paso, Texas
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | If we had today's media in WW II, we could not have won. |
You've hit the nail on the head Truegrit.
Today's print and electronic media are so driven by market share that they're totally oblivious to the core elements of the stories they report on. My girlfriend quit her job as an assignment reporter for the local ABC TV affiliate because of the lack of objectivity on the part of the station; the stations' mindset was "if it bleeds it leads".
Thank God for all the brave servicemen and women of WWII....if it hadn't been for their sacrifices the U.S. would have been very different place post WWII.
gocars
101st Airborne
'Nam 67-70
U.S. Army Rangers Lead the Way! |
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