I'm trying to wake up here. (It takes about a pot of coffee.) Then I must commence shredding -- uh, I mean packing. In the meantime, read Dipnut. He's pissed at Time magazine (the second item down the page) and some blog creature called Billmon. And, after reading his pieces, so am I. (By the way, unless you feel like discovering a whole new reason to hate humanity, don't go to Billmon's site and read his commenters. Man, what a collection of pissants, sourballs, and near-sociopaths. It's not a question of nothing being sacred to these people; it's the fact that they don't seem to think that there is anything that is deserving of even a modicum of respect. Whatever.)
Anyway, my synopsis of what Dipnut has uncovered is: the press in the UK and in the US (at least in Time and in the British publication he links to) are trying their best to transform the current situation into a repeat of the Vietnam War, when America was an evil fuckup, soldiers were considered to be pathetic psychopaths, and the journalist was king.
Posted by Andrea Harris at July 19, 2003 09:43 AM"the press...are trying their best to transform the current situation into a repeat of the Vietnam War, when America was an evil fuckup, soldiers were considered to be pathetic psychopaths, and the journalist was king."
Yep. The liberal press acted somewhat sympathetic on 9/11, until they realized that most Americans would not wallow in victimhood but would get up and fight back. The sympathetic period, as I recall, was about 36 hours, somewhat less in some areas.
Posted by: Ken Summers at July 19, 2003 at 12:07 PMAlmost forgot, at the risk of freaking out lefty pantywaists, I can't let a good straight line go by:
these American soldiers have...shot wounded fighters and left others to die in agony.
Damned if we do and damned if we don't
Posted by: Ken Summers at July 19, 2003 at 12:14 PM