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- duggtodeath, on 10/10/2007, -22/+248Fox: "2 + 2 = 5"
- HunterTV, on 10/10/2007, -7/+177"I can't walk because there's so many soldiers here, but it's safe!"
Weeeeeeeeeeeee! - satx, on 10/10/2007, -15/+122You liberals only focus on the bad things coming out of Iraq. What about all the good things? /sarcasm
- dumuzi, on 10/10/2007, -10/+99There is no such thing as war. Go back to sleep America.
- Ratatoo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+60Hehe, I knew what to expect from the description... but when it cut to her *in a Kevlar helmet* talking about out safe it all is - I LOL'd. That's awesome, Fox news - yer the best!
- geckofiend, on 10/10/2007, -1/+55Guess what. I'm a vet, spent tons of time overseas and about as far from being a liberal as you can be and I think the war is a mistake.
What AMAZES me about this administration is that they've found enough idiots like you to consider them conservative. A *real* conservative would be disgusted with trampling of the constitution by this administration. - toddcat, on 10/10/2007, -17/+68Not one Iraqi is at all positive...........but trust those US commanders who are hoping that if everything goes well, if there is enough security, that maybe, just maybe, some Sunnis could POSSIBLY be able to go out safely to a market outside and buy some vegetables without being obliterated. Ahhhhhhh, the smell of freedom.....or......Semtex...........or whatever.
- anti-net, on 10/10/2007, -4/+52If you watch Fox News and try to convince yourself its actually satire it makes descent television.
- rhabd0mancer, on 10/10/2007, -15/+63I'm surprised that FAUX News is still covering the Iraq war.
- silverwolfe, on 10/10/2007, -3/+40Yes.
No.
Many times.
Just because you've 'been there and done that' doesn't mean you're not a generalizing retard. - masamunecyrus, on 10/10/2007, -1/+37That was confusing. The reporter was talking about how great the market was doing and how the surge is working, and then she starts talk to people who say that they fear that they will be killed if they see their family, and they will be killed if they leave the market. Then she talks to a shopkeep that says that the market sucks and there are no people, anymore.
It almost seemed satirical. The reporter said that everything was fine, and everyone she talked to said it was horrible. - Mewchu11, on 10/10/2007, -3/+38And chocolate rain?
- jtopliff, on 10/10/2007, -0/+29Are you ***** serious bro?!? - Do you honestly think the military is composed of 100% conservatives? Are you saying people of your mindset are the only ones who venture out of the US? Your president GW never even served! Open your eyes you ***** jackass
- TheOther1, on 10/10/2007, -2/+28for very large values of 2.
- RavagesOfTime, on 10/10/2007, -1/+26My best friend and I just finished 4 and 6 years respectively. But don't worry, once the draft comes(since the Pussocrats won't stop it), you'll get the chance to live up to your tough guy words.
- UtahApocalyse, on 10/10/2007, -0/+24Just so you know, I am a conservative and I know that Iraq is ***** up.
- Bdog2g2, on 10/10/2007, -1/+23I keep coming up with 3...hmmm...
- cactus476, on 10/10/2007, -13/+35Holly *****, Fox is stupid.
- vertinox, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21Oh that? Its just the smog from all the burning humvees.
- mrvalue, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21But you see, that's brilliance in assuming your audience is retarded. You can make any claim you want with any set of evidence -- even that which contradicts your orginal argument. Like claiming eating oranges is dangerous because they have number health benefits.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -6/+27I have a feeling that if Fox News was around in the 40's they would be touring different concentration camps saying that it is a great vacation spot for all Jews and there is no reason to worry. >.> .> Those big ovens are for, um, Cookies?
- northwatuppa, on 10/10/2007, -2/+21No. But they think we are.
- Bdog2g2, on 10/10/2007, -2/+21Only for entertainment value, not for facts.
- EBFoxbat, on 10/10/2007, -4/+23In Fox's defense, the 2's weigh more like 2.5 so 2 + 2 is pretty close to 5. It's fair and balanced.
- rhabd0mancer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19Did you serve in the military, JamesSpazz?
Or are you just another one of those chickenhawk neocons. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20
Keep being angry but the occupation will only get worse - and then you be even _more_ angry later when you realize that you believed all the lies about the war.
BTW
Is this like a Ted Haggard thing - you want to ***** Liberals but don't have the spine to cum out of the closet!??!??!
Like there are no "liberals" in the military... are you on crack? - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20There. Are. FOUR. LIGHTS!
- Darthcactaur, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18This seems like a Daily Show sketch.
"Everything is going well!" Surrounded by security, dressed in complete body armor, while Iraqis tell about their fear of getting killed and about how the market isn't working. - BlacklabelSAR, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20Right, except clearly things are NOT MORE SECURE. That would be the point.
- Taciturn, on 10/10/2007, -3/+21...like oil.
- izzybr, on 10/10/2007, -3/+20I just had a great idea...why don't we give every person in Baghdad the same amount of security we give to Fox News reporters. Then everyone will be safe, and we can claim victory in Iraq (again).
- netdawg, on 10/10/2007, -2/+19Are you ***** serious?? You don't have to shoot yourself in the head to know it's going to hurt, moron.
- skinjob1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17What does this have to do with the surge working or not? I have been to Iraq and it is full of fear, death and terror. Aid agencies cannot even work in Iraq. We will be cleaning up Bush and Co's mess for deacades to come. And we are the libtards? Go back to sleep.
- ShorXrorE, on 10/10/2007, -4/+20that video...makes no....sense....at all....
also, "the market...like the capitalist system...is slowly coming back to life!" lol ***** hilarious. it's SUCH PROPAGANDAAAAAAAAA! AHAHAHA - Corrosionx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16It's like Colbert on steroids, but not as funny
- Depthfunction, on 10/10/2007, -3/+19The reporter also had a "Mission Accomplished" banner hanging behind her, but it was obscured by all of the heavily armed soldiers.
- jgizzle09, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15the reporter is a chick u idiot!
- rhabd0mancer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14I got more diggs than you.
Maybe you are the ***** moron. - Kinkistyle, on 10/10/2007, -5/+18You could switch the "FOXNEWS" logo with an "The Onion" logo and nobody would ever know the difference
- TheSavant, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12I've been there. Spent a year there. I drove all over the country. I'm fairly liberal.
If you had been there you would also be fairly liberal now as well. Something about extreme human suffering makes you worry less about money and more about trying to make this planet a better place to live. - Yazilliclick, on 10/10/2007, -3/+15Their title may have been is it working but their conclusion and point of view was that it was. The entire story was based around the market being safe thanks to the surge and that things were getting back to normal business. That's all the reporter talked about the entire piece. This opinion of theirs however goes completely against all the facts on display, that to walk in the market she needed more security than ever before, that the Iraqis still are horrified of violence, that there's no business really to be had in the market (no customers), that a large chunk of the populace doesn't go there or open their shops because they'd be killed etc....
If you honestly think it's good reporting when the reporter comes to a conclusion on their question that's completely contrary to what the facts say then that journalist is nothing but a mouth piece for a point of view they're trying to get across. - PixelVision, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Only idiots and people with an agenda believe that Iraq's getting better. Intelligent people understand no matter what side of the political spectrum they are.
- Bdog2g2, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Well i'm glad you learned at least one thing with "No Child Left Behind". There's hope yet.
- DontGiveADamn, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11You're the smartest conservative alive.
- Yazilliclick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9She wasn't surounded by the troops of the surge. She was surrounded by the huge security task force that was sent to protect her and other reporters that day because it's not safe.
- HanSolo69, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11How is having to be on guard 24/7 and not allowing vehicles through the market a sign of progress?
- Hermmunster, on 10/10/2007, -6/+15The Iraqis seem willing to allow the terrorists to torture, maim, kill, murder, destroy all around them but so many don't seem willing to stand up and give their last measure of devotion in order to stop them. There was a little publicized article about a man who saw a terrorist with a bomb jacket approaching a Mosque (I believe that had a wedding underway) and recognizing that if he didn't stop this terrorist that evil person would have killed all those innocent people (including innocent children). He approached the terrorist and wrapped himself around the terrorist forcing him to stop or blow his bomb. The terrorist blew himself and the man up. The scars to the buildings surrounding the explosion showed he had put ball bearings inside to cause the most amount of damage. The man was a hero. He gave his last measure of devotion. The terrorist was a total waste of the air he was breathing. He was a waste of the food he was eating. He was a waste of the sewer system where he took his *****. He was just pure evil. Those supporting him are the same.
These terrorists are not insurgents because insurgents attack the invading military forces. Terrorists attack their own people and other civilians in order to invoke terror within in an effort to control the fears of the population. The Iraqis knew the terrorists would act criminally against them yet they still pleaded for the West to come in and free them from Saddam's dictatorial rule.
During WWII large numbers of German civilians died in the massive air attacks and much of the ground force attack to take the country. Massive rebuilding was necessary. People were starving to death every day there, including young children. It took years to overcome that and to get them back on track. There were significant problems with the aftermath of the war. Did we have a perfected plan to rebuild Germany? To rebuild Japan? Hell, we nuked two of Japan's cities. Now Germany and Japan are top world economic powers.
Iraqis have constant attacks by their own people on their own people and not just on military members--on innocent civilians. These people knew this when they were begging the US to help them for those 10 or so years after the first Gulf War.
Countries that defeat other countries typically own them. The US has not attempted to take ownership of Iraq. Just as the US didn't attempt to take ownership of Germany or Japan.
Iraqis are allowing their religious views to permit extreme views to rule their country and their region. One has to ask why they allow such extreme factions to gain a foothold and to grow with enough power to become so oppressive.
Can anyone even begin to worry about how bad things are without first looking at the fact that the situation is as it is and it will take the efforts of the people of Iraq to solve the issues? One must get the feeling that we are feeding them instead of teaching them to feed themselves. I'm not talking about the police services or even the military. I'm talking about the average citizen that complains about the death that exists all around them.
For instance, you don't walk the streets without knowing who the terrorists are. You know this because they talk to others in your community, they talk in your Mosques, they talk to your children, they voice their views. You know this because you can recognize their voices, you know the way they walk and talk. You know because they come back from engagements wounded and/or fatigued. In fact, it is not really possible to not know who the bad guys are in your own community. So, why are they not being turned in? You turn enough of them in and sooner or later you thin out their ranks to the point that they no longer become a powerful enough force to be a threat.
This isn't about foreign terrorists coming into fight for their religious extremism. It seems hardly possible that enough would be able to cross without recognition and those people then would also become well recognizable once they are within the communities because they carry themselves differently, they smell differently, they have different views than you would find in some of these communities, and they are especially noticeable when not engaging in their murder, rape, and torture due to this.
The citizens of Iraq (or the US, nor the rest of the world) can undo what's happened. We can only change what is happening and what happens in the future. This is hard perilous work for all of them and just as what happened in WWII will happen in this country as well--an almost complete demise of at least one generation of their population. It is a horrible thing to happen and to have to recognize and admit it and everyone wishes it had not happened. But by the time that Saddam would have lost power (or his children) the result would have been much worse. He was devastating his population, his sons were murdering, raping, and torturing at every chance. Their military was gassing their own population with some of the worst kinds of gas meant to destroy communities and leave remnants of that behind in the form of disfigured survivors. In the end Saddam probably would have murdered many hundreds of thousands more (or even millions) and certainly affected millions of lives in his effort to maintain control.
Saddam was an evil murderous person and frankly the lowest form of life. Yet these people, living through all that, hadn't learned to stand up defend themselves against the murder, rape, torture and disfigurement of their own family and friends.
They'd have to be pretty foolish to not see that if the US were to leave their extremist murderous terrorist elements would purge anyone not supporting their view and would create such a horrific nightmare for all of them. At least some cooler more reasoned heads must at least understand that and must be seeding that within their population in order to get them to accept more of the Western world's help. Where on Earth do you think their funds would come from to rebuild all that Saddam and now the terrorists within their borders have destroyed?
I had a US Soldier in my company who told me about how sad he was about what was going on in Iraq. He told me about how they had taken enough munitions (enough to cover the complete area of my town) and blew them up. He stated it was just the tip of the iceberg. He then told me about the religious factions in Iraq and gave me the example of two neighbors who had no qualms about sticking a stick up the anus of the neighbors cattle in order to cause an infection that would kill the animals. He also told a story about a young woman who was serving food in the safe zone when a mortar hit and he was holding her while she was bleeding and she died in his arms.
War has no good. Innocent people die. Whole societies are affected. Ultimately it takes the people themselves to overcome the hardships and it takes time. Do I support Bush? Absolutely not. I do not even like the man. He is not honest and he is destroying our freedoms, freedoms fought hard for by my ancestors that fought during wars such as WWII, WWI, and the Civil War. And, I believe Bush is doing much of this to increase the wealth of the already wealthy portion of the US and has done so at the expense of the middle class and below. - Bdog2g2, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10"You own Dems admit it is working....so whatca gonna do bitches?"
Before you comment on political stances and policies, how about you master English first. I think we'll even settle with your spelling slang appropriately (whatca? I think you meant watcha?). - VeryBoredNow, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11she looked rediculous in a bomb squad suit, her facial expression just not able to hide the fear that she has been experiencing since she got there
- lovek, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12Not sure why you're being dugg down for thinking that maybe, just maybe, the situation isn't black&white over there. But I'll go down with you.
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